Easy coconut curry chicken soup. A delicious, healthy and complete meal. Bonus points for being Whole30 and Paleo compliant. This is, easily, my favorite new recipe, since my husband and I decided to tackle the Whole30 for the month of January. Here's how to make my version, slightly adapted from a RealPlans subscription recipe. The only difference is that we added potatoes and skipped the thickening process, so it ultimately ended up as a soup, instead of a topping for cauliflower rice.
Ingredients
5 cloves garlic (grated, minced or smashed)
1 onion
1 inch fresh ginger (grated)
1 pound sugar snap peas
1 bag fingerling or other small, thin-skinned potatoes
5 tablespoons coconut oil
1 teaspoon coarse sea salt, plus more to taste
2 tablespoons curry powder
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 cinnamon stick
1 pinch cayenne pepper, optional
1 teaspoon red chili flakes, optional
1 quart chicken stock
30 ounces unsweetened coconut milk (I just used two cans)
2 cups shredded, cooked chicken (we added more, almost all of our leftover chicken)
1/2 lemon
1/4 cup cilantro
Directions
Step 1. Mince the garlic, chop the onions and potatoes. Peel and grate the ginger. Wash and trim the sugar snap peas.
Step 2. In a heavy bottomed pot, add coconut oil, onions, garlic, ginger, and salt and cook on medium stove heat until soft and fragrant. Take off heat while you do the next steps.
Step 3. Cover potatoes with water until just covered and boil until mostly cooked through (about 10 minutes). Drain and set aside.
Step 4. Steam snap peas in a pot with a shallow layer of water. Remove from heat when bright green and run under cool water. Set aside.
Step 5. Go back to onion mixture. As it begins to soften, add all of your dried spices and cook while stirring for 3 minutes.
Step 9. Turn off stove heat; add lemon juice and steamed snap peas.
Step 10. Serve in bowls with cilantro garnish. Add salt to taste.
Tip: Make a whole chicken in a crock pot (put chicken in, cover halfway with water, and cook on low 5-6 hours) the day before, and you will have enough chicken for dinner one night, plus chicken AND homemade stock for this recipe the next day. I actually took my chicken carcass and followed a homemade bone broth recipe to really get the most out of my chicken. But you don't have to get this crazy with it.
This looks and tastes super fancy, like it's from a restaurant. But it was really very easy to put together. Great winter, comfort food!
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