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Brazilian Chicken With Coconut Milk Sauce

At a Glance

Prep
15 minutes
Cook
45 minutes
Total
1 hour
Servings
4 serving(s)

Categories

  • Chicken Breast
  • Main Course
  • Brazilian
  • South American
  • Skillet

Dietary

  • Dairy-free
  • Gluten-free

Servings & Nutrition

Original recipe serves 4. Current scale: 1x.

Calories 242.9 per serving 971.6 for selected servings
Fat 10.6g per serving 42.4g for selected servings
Sugar 4.2g per serving 16.8g for selected servings
Protein 27.3g per serving 109.2g for selected servings
Carbohydrates 10.1g per serving 40.4g for selected servings

Awwww the aroma will fill your house when this is cooking. I generally serve over rice, but pasta is nice too.

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Equipment

Medium bowl, skillet

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
  • salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
  • 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
  • 1 (14 ounce) can light coconut milk
  • 1 bunch chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, mix the cumin, cayenne pepper, turmeric, and coriander.

  2. Place the chicken in the bowl, season with salt and pepper, and rub on all sides with the spice mixture.

  3. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.

  4. Place the chicken in the skillet.

  5. Cook 10 to 15 minutes on each side, until no longer pink and juices run clear.

  6. Remove from heat and set aside.

  7. Heat the remaining olive oil in the skillet.

  8. Cook and stir the onion, ginger, jalapeno peppers, and garlic 5 minutes, or until tender.

  9. Mix in the tomatoes and continue cooking 5 to 8 minutes.

  10. Stir in the coconut milk.

  11. You may add additional salt and/or pepper to the sauce, if desired.

  12. Serve over the chicken.

  13. Garnish with the parsley.

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Source: https://www.food.com/recipe/brazilian-chicken-with-coconut-milk-sauce-307015

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