I LOVE THIS MEAL! It is a perfect Sunday dinner that yields leftovers for the week or prep it for your easy weekly meal prep! Serve with brown rice, cauliflower rice or eat as is!
Recipe Video
Ingredients:
- 1 can reduced fat coconut milk
- 6oz can Tomato Paste
- 1 TBSP Paprika
- 1 TBSP Cumin
- 1 TBSP Curry Powder
- 1 TBSP Salt
- 1 TSP Coriander
- 1 Onion cut in quarters
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 4-5 Chicken Breasts
- 2-3 Large Sweet Potatoes – peeled & cubed *or 1 whole butternut squash peeled & cubed
- 1 Large Head Broccoli
- *lemon & cilantro optional but recommended
- **Bag of spinach – optional for extra veggies
- ***Can of chickpeas drained & rinsed for fiber – optional
Directions:
- Place coconut milk & tomato paste in your crockpot and stir.
- Add all seasonings, onion, garlic & stir.
- Add chicken to the crockpot, cover & cook on high for 4 hours.
- After 4 hours, remove the chicken and add the cubed & peeled sweet potatoes (or butternut squash) stir into sauce and cook for 1 hour
- After 1 hour, add broccoli to the crockpot and finish cooking for another 45-60 minutes.
- *Stir in bag of spinach until wilted & drained, rinsed chickpeas if using
- Spoon mixture in a bowl, top with salt, lemon juice and cilantro!
***Ways to repurpose***
- Add butternut squash or white potato
- Make into a salad
- Make into a rice bowl (can use white rice, brown rice, cauliflower rice or a mixture of rice & cauliflower rice)
- Take curry chicken and make lettuce wraps, tacos, eat with Naan bread