Coconut Chicken Curry

Hi! I have been experimenting with the paleo diet, and I tweaked a curry recipe that I just HAD to share with all of you. I wasn’t very price conscious because I had most of the ingredients in my kitchen already except for the coconut milk and the cauliflower, which was, together, $2.79. This makes around 3 servings, and it’s soooooo good. There is quite a bit of prep for this, so make sure to do everything in order!

For this recipe you will need:

• A frying pan
• A small pot
• A cheese grater
• A chopping knife

Food wise, you will need:

• 2 cloves of garlic
• A yellow onion 
•  1 head of cauliflower, half a long carrot, and 1 celery stalk
•  2 tbsp of curry powder and 3 tsp of cumin
• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 3 1/2 cups of chicken broth or chicken boullion (tastes WAY better with bouillon) 
• I recommend caldo de pollo by knorr
• 1/2 can of full fat coconut milk
•  Coconut Oil

****Optional: black pepper and some lime

Directions:

1. Chop your onion into baby squares. What I normally do is chop it into slices, then slice those slices both vertically and horizontally, from left to right. There are faster ways to do it on youtube!
2. FINELY chop your two garlic cloves.
3. Chop your carrot into circles. It’s ok if they are a little thick. DO NOT make them thin. 
4. Chop your celery stalk. I normally slice it long ways down the middle, then chop left to right. 
5. Place a cheese grater on top of a bowl, and grate the entire top of your cauliflower into it. When your done, there should be no more “flower”. 
6. Heat up your frying pan and place about 2 tablespoons on coconut oil in it. When it melts, put all your vegetables in except the cauliflower. DO NOT COVER. Let it cook for about 7 minutes. 
7. While your veggies are cooking, boil your 3 1/2 cups of water in your small pot, and add in your chicken bouillon to taste. The packaging for caldo de pollo says 1 tbsp/1cup water, but some people use more or less depending on taste. I personally like to just throw it in until I like it. 
8. Add your cauliflower in with the rest of your veggies in your frying pan, and stir. You wanna fry up your cauliflower till it turns an off white color. 
9. Add your spices! The curry powder and cumin are what give most of the flavor, so don’t forget this step. 
10. Now your gonna do something that makes you uncomfortable, so you’re just gonna have to trust me. After everything is cooked up and boiling, your gonna put everything that was in your frying pan, in the pot of chicken broth. I know, it looks crazy, but just do it. 
11. Let that simmer for about 10 minutes at a low temperature. 
12. Cook up your chicken with some olive oil or coconut oil! Cut your chicken breasts into slices, then maybe cut each slice in half before cooking. When its done, add that to your pot. 
13. Add your 1/2 cup coconut milk. 

TADA!!! You can eat this by itself or over rice(: I like adding pepper and lime to mine, but a lot of people don’t like what the lime does to the flavor. Up to you!