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I wanted to create a gluten free curry with a satisfying peanut butter satay edge and this one really hit the spot. A mild, peanut and coconut thai-style curry sauce with chicken, aubergine and spinach. Sprinkle a few nuts and chilli flakes to finish, serve on a bed of rice and voila, deeeelicious!
While a very mild curry, you’ll find this dish still packed with flavour. I designed it this way so you have a family friendly/crowd pleasing dish that individuals can adapt depending on their tastes. My husband loves lots of chilli flakes on top of his portion, while my toddler prefers the non-spicy version!
A note if you are planning on making this for young children, you can easily adapt it to ensure they are not getting too much salt from the dish. When I was making this for my daughter under 2 years old, I would give her a little less sauce due to the tamari in it being quite salty. To make a baby friendly version simply reduce the amount of tamari or even add it into the adult meals afterwards.
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ANYWAY, this gluten free satay chicken curry dish will keep the whole family happy (with plenty of hidden veg). I have used roast chicken leftovers, as I find it to be way more cost effective and less wasteful than buying chicken breasts.
However, this recipe can be adapted to use fresh chicken too – simple fry the chicken up with the spices, onion and garlic before you add the coconut milk.
Satay Chicken Coconut Curry Recipe (Serves 4)
You’ll find the method below plus a few step by step pictures to help guide you. Feel free to email me any questions or comments you might have – laura@mygfguide.com. Or DM me on social media @myglutenfreeguide. Ooh, also send photos of your creations please!
Also, if you enjoy my satay chicken curry recipe I would be grateful if you could leave a review on the recipe card below. Thank you in advance for your support :).
Enjoy! Laura xxx
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Satay Chicken Coconut Curry (GF, DF)
Ingredients
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 0.5 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 shallot or a small white onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium aubergine, cubed 1cm pieces
- 1 x 400ml tin coconut milk
- 3 heaped tsp peanut butter
- 3 tsp tamari
- Juice of 1/2 lime
- Roast chicken leftovers (whatever quantity you have) torn into pieces or two chicken breasts cut into chunks (approx 300g)
- 100g spinach
- Rice and peanuts to serve
Instructions
- In a high-sided frying pan or wide bottom saucepan, fry the cumin, cayenne pepper, tumeric and coriander in a little oil over a low to medium heat. Allow them to sizzle gently for a few minutes until they smell fragrant.
- Next add the shallot and fry for 5 minutes to soften. The shallot should be slightly translucent after cooking.
- Add the minced garlic to the spices and shallot, stirring to distribute it through the mixture.
- Now in go the roast chicken pieces and aubergine cubes. Stir to coat the chicken and aubergine with the spices and allow to cook for 5 minutes. The aubergine will have started to soften slightly by the time you have finished this stage of cooking.
- Add the coconut milk to the pan and stir well. Bring the curry to simmering point then turn down the heat and leave to simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- Stir through the peanut butter and add the tamari and lime juice, before cooking for a further 10 minutes. We are still using a low-medium heat to allow the aubergine to cook gently and for all those lovely flavours to be taken up by the chicken and aubergine pieces.
- Finally add the spinach and stir it through the curry until it has wilted. Then the satay chicken curry is ready to serve.
- Serve the curry on a bed of rice, topped with crushed peanuts. Add some chilli flakes and chopped coriander if you have them and fancy a bit of extra colour and spice!
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If you liked this recipe why not check out some of my other gluten free creations:
Bon appetit! x