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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.
Tried this recipe?Mention @skinnymixer or tag #skinnymixers!

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. This is both my husbands and I absolute favorite meal! This is on our weekly meal plan and has been for months and months!
    It’s amazing!

  2. Just amazing. I have never made a curry before and this was so delicious I made it again a week later with just the sauce and some vegies served for lunch with some rice. Not spicy and a winner with the hubby who doesn’t even like chicken!

  3. Nice and Easy which I love! I don’t love it as much as Butter Chicken or Tikka Masala but that’s obviously just my taste buds 🙂 Keep em coming, we are having one of your curries atleast weekly now (hubby was never a curry fan before your recipes!)

  4. Made this for my parents and sister and everyone LOVED it, even my toddler had seconds! Served 6 of us with left overs. Will definitely make it again

  5. WOW, when you said this was better than the butter chicken, all i thought was how? But you were absolutely right. It’s divine, full of flavor and the recipe was so easy. I doubt I’ll order Indian take away. You are awesome.

  6. Awesome curry we tried for the first time tonight. I find I am now cooking Skinnymixers recipes on a very regular basis. Tomorrow night Mexican Pulled Pork. Great food.

  7. Yum, yet another curry favourite with the family. The only critisism I have was it should have said serve with rice but that’s My fault I should have read comments about serving it with rice or something else. I’m not sure why I didn’t think to serve it with rice 🙁 I have no left overs it barely served 4 of us. Lesson learnt for next time.

  8. So so so so delicious! Thanks for all your hard work, it is much appreciated. I will certainly be making this again and again.

  9. This curry was sensational, the flavours were amazing. The one thing I found a little disappointing was how overlooked and dry the chicken tasted. Any suggestions about what I did wrong or advice for next time I make this dish????

  10. Awesome dish! I am only starting to like curry’s now. Love the flavour of this. It is nearly as good as your butter chicken 😉

  11. Absolutely Delicious 😉 so easy and tastes so authentic – will be a regular in our home 😉 added more chicken and used 4 chillies – just perfect . Thanks again Nik 😉

  12. such fantastic flavors while being really quick and easy. I will add a little more chicken next time as I seemed to have quite a bit of sauce but I used milk instead of cream. Thanks for another incredible curry

  13. So good – My children enjoyed it 🙂 I added 1/4 t dried chilli flakes and it was great for the kids to enjoy – just a little kick 🙂 Thanks for another great and easy recipe 🙂

  14. OMG! I love coconut curries and this one is AMAZING! And I made this in a non TMX thermal cooker so the recipe adapts easily with other machines. Thank you! Xx

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