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Nyonya Chicken Curry Thermomix Recipe by Skinnymixers

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Nyonya Chicken Curry Thermomix Recipe by Skinnymixers

Before there was the Butter Chicken, there was the Nyonya Chicken Curry.

This is one of the best curries I have made in my Thermomix, and one for the traditional Malaysian style curry lovers out there.

Be generous with the curry leaves – they really make the curry recipe!

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Nik’s Breakfast Tip: Save some of the Nyonya curry sauce to poach eggs in or pour over hard boiled eggs!

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Nyonya Chicken Curry Thermomix Recipe by Skinnymixers

skinnymixer's Nyonya Chicken Curry

A classic Nyonya Chicken Curry from Skinnymixers that you can easily cook in your Thermomix. This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, perfect for keto or low carb diets.
4.30 from 10 votes
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Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Nyonya
Keyword: Chicken, Curry, LCHF, Thermomix, Thermomix Recipe
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 5
Calories: 363kcal

Ingredients

Wet Paste

  • 3 Tbsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 3-7 small red dried chillis - adjust based on spice preference
  • 1 heaped tsp dried tumeric
  • 3 cloves garlic - peeled
  • 240 g brown onion - peeled, halved

Curry

  • 50 g olive oil
  • 10 sprigs of curry leaves - yes 10 whole sprigs!!! this is a small handful of leaves if using dried
  • 1 star anise
  • 2 whole cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 700 g chicken breast - diced
  • 400 ml coconut cream - Ayum brand
  • 100 g water
  • 1 Tbsp salt - or to preference
  • 1 tsp coconut sugar - optional for LCHF/ keto

Instructions

  • Add the wet paste ingredients to mixer bowl, blend for 1 min/speed 9/MC on. Scrape bowl down.
  • Add the olive oil, curry leaves, star anise, cloves and cinnamon stick, as well as 50 g or 1.8 oz of the coconut cream. Cook for 20 min/100°C or 212°F/reverse/speed soft/MC on.
  • Insert butterfly attachment, add chicken, remainder of coconut cream, water, salt and sugar. Cook for 17 min/100°C or 212°F/reverse/speed soft/MC off.
  • Remove whole spices and majority of the curry leaves and serve.

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Notes

You can substitute the coconut sugar for your preferred type of sugar.
For a vegetarian version, add 500 g or 17.6 oz small diced vegetables to the simmering basket during step 2.
OR - omit the chicken and serve over boiled eggs! This is great with left overs as well.
You can buy Curry Leaves in the fresh herb section of Woolworths, Specialty Green Grocers and Asian Supermarkets. You can also buy a Curry Leaf Tree from Bunnings or other plant nurseries.
Bellini Users
Use your blunt blade for this recipe.
At step 2 use speed 1.
At step 3 DO NOT use your butterfly and use speed 1.
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Nutrition

Serving: 235g | Calories: 363kcal | Carbohydrates: 6.4g | Protein: 28.3g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 13.2g | Sodium: 1760mg | Sugar: 5.6g

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  1. If u thought the butter chicken was good, u have to try this one. Amazing. Hubby was reluctant as he is a huge Bc fan. But even he said that the nyonya was better

  2. Made this for a dinner party and it was fantastic! Everybody loved it. It was so easy to make too. I used thigh cut into thirds so I cooked it for a bit longer. I would highly recommend this recipe!

  3. So yummy even kids loved it ( had to leave chilli out) Next time I will make it with chilli for my chilli loving husband.

  4. This is a beautiful dish. The distinct flavour of fresh curry leaves is lovely. I used 20 single leaves from my freezer. If you have left over curry leaves be sure to freeze them for next time!

    I used 1 large dried chilli and found it provided sufficient residual heat to taste it, yet not be too hot for my children.

    I fed a family of 4 with one serve of leftovers as Master 9yo had thirds. It think it would yield 6 large adult serves in other households.

  5. Yummo! Threw a bit of veg in towards the end! Just love it! Have to agree with another comment I’m turning into a curry maker instead of buyer. Thanks Nikalene!

  6. Yum! So good! Was great to throw some veg in at the last step. It was a really fresh tasting curry. Skinnymixers is turning me into a curry maker instead of a curry buyer.

  7. Well I thought the Butter Chicken was to die for, but I think I have died twice now & gone to Skinnymixers heaven! The flavours in this curry are amazing, we didn’t even have rice, just vegetables! This is so incredibly simple to make, YOU have to!!!

  8. Next time I’ll have to make double the sauce in thermie then put in a pot on the stove to cook the chicken in as our house would have all taken turns licking the bowl clean if they could. They all loved it – big and little – and one batch is not enough!!!!! Thanks Nikalene xx

  9. this curry was so delicious and flavourful, not to mention easy! Was a huge hit with my fussy hubby! Thank you 🙂

  10. Yum! Was really easy to pull together and was much appreciated by everyone. I erred on the less side for amount of chilli so was mild but still with lots of flavour. Thanks

  11. This is an amazing recipe, even my ASD kid loved it and he normally doesn’t cope with curries. I used about 1/4 teaspoon of chilli powder instead of the dried chillis but it still had so much flavour. Thank you Nikalene Riddle!!

  12. This is to die for and in high rotation here. It’s super quick and also happens to be the kids favourite curry.

  13. This is by far, my favourite curry…. although I love so many. But I love this one more than… dare I say it…. Butter Chicken 😉

  14. Couldn’t believe how easy this was to make and the taste was out of this world. You are the best Nikalene!! Keep doing what you do best 🙂

  15. Hands down, the best curry you will ever make. It’s become a fortnight regular in our house and that’s only because I want to give others a try to see if I can find better, not yet. Love your work Nik

  16. Love this curry, really tasty and versatile I have made with chicken and a vege version with chickpeas and califlower. Great receipe!

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