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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.
4.56 from 9 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 incredible! So much flavor. Have made it several times and gets rave reviews from everyone who I’ve made it for

  2. Made the Nyonya again tonight. Think it’s my 17mo’s favourite meal. Never seen him eat that much before! (Left most of the chilli out). Thank you once again!

  3. The Nyonya Curry is delicious and makes a huge quantity. We served four hungry adults and had enough leftovers to turn into a delicious soup serving four. The curry leaves give a beautiful fragrance.

  4. As my hens have been giving us lots of eggs, I made this as a pour over for boiled eggs. I added peas and it was devine! So creamy and smooth!

  5. Well… Hubby likes it, I love the smell… But kid 1 says it’s too spicy and kid 2 refuses to even try it. I’m seriously thinking of giving up trying to make them anything. Oh well!

  6. Wow, Wow, Wow, why did I wait so long to make this! It was so quick and easy and will be a regular dinner dish in our house. Served it over zoodles but will try cauliflower rice next. Thank you!!

  7. enjoyed this dish. Never tried it before until I made it, then two days after I tried at a restaurant and liked this version more.

  8. I made this last night and it was delicious! My husband loved it!! It was easy to make too. I will definitely be making this again. Thanks for a great recipe.

  9. I make the vegetarian version at least once each week, usually with carrots, cauliflower, potatoes and green beans. I increase the temp to varoma and the water to 150g and put veggies in varoma instead of using the basket. Love it!

  10. This curry has beautiful malaysian flavours that you can put on anything really. I use it as a sauce much to my husband’s delight! Thanks nikalene

  11. This is by far the best curry! My boyfriend loves it so much that he requests it every week. Love that it is so easy to make. 10/10

  12. Absolutely delicious, now I see what all the fuss is about! 10 out of 10 from the whole family. Thank you

  13. Another unbelievable curry! This is so easy and the flavours were amazing! Nikalene, the Curry Queen!

    1. Forgot to mention that I left out the chilli as was sharing with my bubby….. Who absolutely loved it!!! Snatched the spoon from me so he could eat it himself!

  14. I finally got the curry leaves now I have no dried chillies what should I use instead ps I have fresh ones

  15. Finally made this tonight. It was as delicious as everyone above has said. Thank you so much for a wonderful recipe!!!

  16. Made this today and I am in love, have been procrastinating about doing a new curry for ages now and decided on the Nyonya curry, it was super easy and absolutely delicious

  17. This is such a lovely, fragrant curry! Although, next time I’m going to use chicken thigh fillets as I usually freeze at least one portion for later and the breast meat dries out. Thanks!

  18. Hi Nik,
    I love your TM recipe conversions & adaptations. But I need to comment that as a far removed Nyonya descendant myself, the recipe cannot be called “Nonya/Nyonya” because it doesn’t have belacan (shrimp paste) in the core paste ingredients.

    Without the ingredient belacan, it is more of an indian-style curry, I think

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