skinnymixer's Chicken and Sweet Potato Curry
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Author: skinnymixer's
Recipe type: Curry
Serves: 6
Ingredients
Wet Paste:-
- 3 tbsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1-7 small red dried chillis (adjust based on spice preference, I used 3)
- 1.5 tsp dried turmeric
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled
- 3 tsp onion powder
- 2 tbsp Malaysian Meat Curry Powder (see Notes)
Curry:-
- 40 g | 1.4 oz olive oil
- 1 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 400 ml | 13.5 fl oz coconut milk
- 50 g | 1.8 oz water
- 500 g | 17.6 oz chicken breast, *large* chunks
- 500 g | 17.6 oz sweet potato, peeled, medium dice
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tsp coconut sugar/brown sugar/rapadura/white sugar
Instructions
- Blend the wet paste ingredients; work your way up to 1 min/speed 9/MC on.
- Scrape mixer bowl down.
- Add 80 g or 2.8 oz of coconut milk, olive oil, star anise and cinnamon stick.
- Cook 3 min/100°C or 212°F/speed soft/reverse/MC on.
- Add chicken pieces, sweet potato, remaining coconut milk, water, salt and sugar.
- Cook 18 min/100°C or 212°F/speed soft/reverse/MC off.
- Let curry stand for 5 min before serving with rice or use cauli rice for a paleo version!
Notes
The curry powder that I like to use is called ‘meat curry powder’ by Babas. You can find it in most good Asian/Indian grocers:-
Bellini Users
Use blunt blade for this recipe.
At step 4 use speed 1
At step 6 use speed 1 and increase cooking time if sweet potato isn't tender at the end of this step.
Bellini Users
Use blunt blade for this recipe.
At step 4 use speed 1
At step 6 use speed 1 and increase cooking time if sweet potato isn't tender at the end of this step.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 200g Calories: 325 Fat: 18.7g Saturated fat: 10.4g Carbohydrates: 16.3g Sugar: 7.7g Sodium: 926mg Protein: 21.2g
Comments from Michael
This has been a staple recipe long before the “Thermy Days” and is simply to die for. Even the children love it mixed with a little bit of home-made yoghurt. “More curry please!” 🙂
This is delicious. Three kids all demolished it which is a rarity here! I swapped the sweet potato for carrot and cauliflower and cooked the veg first for an extra 3 minute and they still had a little crunch. Will be a new favorite for sure!
Had every intention of making creamy lemon butter chicken for dinner.. but no cream and no desire to go to the store lead my chicken search here. I wasn’t disappointed! Quick easy meal using pantry staples and I’ll definitely make it again. Thanks Nik!
Made this for the 1st time last night. Absolutely delicious. Omitted chillies and used the 2 Tablespoons of meat curry powder. But still to spicy for my 6 year old. Not that I minded as more for us. Used coconut cream as didn’t have coconut milk. Replaced the Sweet potato with Cauliflower for LCHF. Yum yum yum. Looking forward to the leftovers tonight. Thanks Nik.
Also, for got to add that I only used 1 tsp of Salt as was too ‘scared’ to add 1 Tablespoon.
Can I leave the coriander out? Will it still be delicious?
I think this is now my favorite curry. I love the flavour
I use white potatoes and carrots and cook a few minutes before adding the chicken.
beautiful flavour
Cooked a double batch in the slow cooker using chicken thigh cutlets chopped in chunks. The bone in the chicken in the slow cooker gives awesome depth and nutrition. My 4 yr old said “this is the best dinner ever!” Both her and the 6y old had second! A really yum curry and so easy to make! Thanks Nik! Xx
This curry was delicious! Smelt amazing and tasted just as good. Added carrot and a couple white potatoes, with pumpkin and the sweet potato to thicken the sauce. Will definately make again.
Absolutely amazing recipe Nik!!! Your an absolute genius. I added pork instead of chicken and it’s yummy. Children approved too!
This was so yummy and have no idea why I waited until now to make it.
Used small unpeeled sweet potatoes from my own garden.
YUM!
I made this curry tonight! I was septic as no one here liked the Butter Chicken….. But this was an absolute winner! Licked plates! Amazing! My sauce was quite runny – so I’ll reduce water next time. Yes – there will be a next time!
Yummo really enjoyed this and too easy to make will def be making this again!
Love this curry it’s my favourite . I don’t use all the chilli in it but follow the recipe and it’s so yummy and delicious . It’s even better the next day you eat it . I am such a better home cook now thanks to Nikalene . Thank you so much for sharing your yummy recipes . Love every one I have tried 😊
Easy to make and Loved that I had most of the ingredients beforehand. Omitted the chilli to make it child-friendly and served it with cauliflower rice. Definitely a great, simple weekday meal for us.
This is simple and really delicious. I only had large dried chillies so used 4 without deseeding them. Also didn’t have enough sweet potato so topped it up with potato. Kids are fughting over the left overs and I plan to spirit them away fir my breakfast tomorrow!
Could I use fresh chilis in place of dried?
yes
Absolutely loved the chicken and sweet potato curry…..delicious!!!
And so did the kids!!
This was delicious! I only used a small amount of chilli but the dish had so much flavour.
Tried this for the first time this week. Yum!!!
Another delicious recipe. I don’t use chilli in anything because my girls don’t like too much spice, but my husband and I loved this one.
I served this yesterday for our dinner party. It went along with cauli-rice, basmati rice and loads of veggies (butternut pumpkin, broccoli, carrots and spinach). I had expected left-overs, but no chance! The bowl was clinically clean afterwards.
This was the first curry I had prepared from the scratch, but definitely not my last. Very delicious recipe, thank you, Nik!
is 1 TBSP of salt correct?? cooked this tonight; followed this to the letter and found it way too salty.
This was a lovely meal. I also added pumpkin and it was absolutely delicious. The small child ate everything in her plate, which is unusual, unless it’s a plate full of salmon haha thanks again Nik for a great recipe
This is my favourite curry – its so quick and delicious. I use 1.5 tsp of salt as I found 1 tablespoon too salty and I use chili flakes as I can’t find the whole dried chilis.
How much of the chili flakes did you use Leanne?
Another easy quick flavoursome meal. I seem to have curries all the time in my freezer these days along with your soup and mac.
Delicious! One of my faves.
wow – such a quick meal with amazing results.
This curry is beautiful! I left out the dried chillies completely to make it kid friendly and it was still full of flavour. A staple in our house 👌
I made this for the first time today but I wasn’t paying attention and added the wrong amount of cumin ( too much by double ). I proceeded anyway wondering how bad it could be but the end result was pretty average ( totally my fault ).
I hate wasting food though so I strained out the cooked chicken and sweet potato then made an extra batch of the sauce minus the cumin and added the two sauces back together (in a pot) plus some yellow lentils, fresh coriander root chopped and capsicum as I now had a double batch. The end result AMAZING!!! I’m sure it was closer to how it was meant to be.
Nikalene is a genius!
I have loved every single recipe of hers I have tried as has my 2 year old.
This was delicious and great because I always have these ingredients on hand. My kids said this was “scrumptious”. Another one to add to my go to recipes list. Hmmmmm which recipe to try next! Almost every one is a winner in this house!
Very tasty curry Nik! The whole family enjoyed it. Thank you.
Whole family loved this and left overs for my lunch tomorrow. Thanks Nik for all you do…
This is amazing. Really couldn’t be bothered shopping and we only seemed to have sweet potato and chicken breasts left. Made this. Everyone LOVED it. Thanks Nik!
Simply the easiest, yummiest curry I have ever made. I will making this again and again 🙂
Hi do I need to have the star anise ? Will it make a big difference to the flavour ?
This was such a quick and easy recipe. I served it with cauli rice. Will definitely be making this again.
What an awesome recipe.! Super easy, super tasty and ready in less than twenty minutes.! Devoured by the entire family. Will definitely cook this again.!!! Thank you for access to this amazing catalogue of recipes x
This was delicious and well worth the time spent hunting down the babas curry powder. It’s nearly as good as my nans Malaysian curry that is made with alagappas curry powder. Super tasty and really quick to cook. This will be a weekly staple!!!!!!
Love love love!! My kids ate it all even my fussy 8yr old. I used the curry powder I had in my pantry and added 2 small potatoes along with the sweet potato total to 500grams combine! Will defiantly be making again!!
I made this with curry powder I had in my pantry instead of the one Nik stated, and it was still delicious. I tripled the meat and vegs (using other root veg as well as sweet potatoes) and did it on the stove. It will be a regular in our house. 🙂
So easy to make and absolutely delicious! I used less chili so it was child friendly but it was a massive hit and went great with cauliflower rice!