Yellow Curry with Chicken and Veggies

Name: Yellow Curry with Chicken and Veggies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 5 curry leaves; 2 kaffir lime leaves; ½ tsp cumin, ground; ¼ cup onion, diced; 1 clove garlic, minced; ½ lb chicken breast, diced; 2 tsp lime juice; 1 cup coconut milk (or other non-dairy milk); 1 pinch curcumin (or turmeric, starchy); 2 cups broccoli; to taste sea salt; to taste black pepper (optional, starchy); 3 cups veggies of choice: sliced peppers (*see recipe notes), zucchini, cauliflower, etc.; 1 tbsp cilantro, fresh, chopped; 1 tbsp Thai basil, fresh, chopped; 2 fresh lime wedges

October 3, 2023 Andrea Wyckoff

This is a very simple starch-free approach to curry, and I think it is fabulous! I have played around with many different variations of this dish and I am currently in love with the simplicity and balance of the flavors below. Feel free to add in more spices if you’d like, including star anise, cinnamon stick, fennel seeds, starch-free ginger concentrate, and coriander. In the beginning, this recipe included all of those additional spices, but now I love how the flavors below play together. *I use a little pinch of starch-free curcumin from one of my curcumin supplements to add a pop of yellow color to this dish. But you are welcome to use turmeric powder (starchy) instead.

Ingredients

olive oil		1 tbsp
curry leaves		5
kaffir lime leaves		2
cumin, ground		½ tsp
onion, diced		¼ cup
garlic, minced		1 clove
chicken breast, diced		½ lb
lime juice		2 tsp
coconut milk (or other non-dairy milk)		1 cup
curcumin (or turmeric, starchy)		1 pinch
broccoli		2 cups
sea salt		to taste
black pepper (optional, starchy)		to taste
veggies of choice: sliced peppers (*see recipe notes), zucchini, cauliflower, etc.		3 cups

Optional garnish

cilantro, fresh, chopped		1 tbsp
Thai basil, fresh, chopped		1 tbsp
fresh lime wedges		2

Directions:

Heat oil in a sauté pan over medium heat.
Mash up the curry leaves and kefir lime leaves using your hands, and then add the leaves to hot oil. Let the leaves cook for a couple minutes which will release their fragrance.
Add in cumin, onion, garlic, and chicken. Cook ingredients while stirring around every so often, until chicken is lightly cooked on the edges; add in lime juice to deglaze the pan.
Add in coconut milk and a pinch of curcumin.
After the chicken is fully cooked, about 7 more minutes, add in broccoli florets and optional veggies of choice. Cook until veggies soften. Add a little more coconut milk if needed.
Remove the leaves.
Serve as is, or with roasted cauliflower rice. Use optional garnishes.