Green Curry Baked Chicken Breasts. Tender boneless, skinless chicken pieces simmer in a sauce flavored with coconut milk, ginger, green onions, fish sauce, and soy sauce. Chicken is simply baked in a buttery curry sauce that keeps the chicken tender while baking and imparts a light curry flavor. The recipe calls for bone-in chicken with skin but you can use skinless, boneless breasts easily - just adjust the cooking time as needed.
Here, standard weeknight chicken breasts are transformed into a dish that's fragrant and spicy.
It's very easy to prepare: just make a quick stew of butter, onions, celery, garlic, apple, tomatoes and curry powder.
Blend that together in a food processor until it forms a thick sauce, then combine with chicken breasts that have been lightly browned.
You can have Green Curry Baked Chicken Breasts using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Green Curry Baked Chicken Breasts
- It's 3/4 cup of mayonnaise.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Thai green curry paste.
- You need 1/2 cup of panko breadcrumbs.
- Prepare 1 of small handful cilantro, finely chopped.
- It's 6 of boneless, skinless chicken breast halves.
- Prepare of Zest from 1 lime.
Put the seeds in a clean coffee grinder or spice mill and buzz the spices to a powder. Bold Thai-inspired flavors harmonize in this vibrant dish. Chicken breasts are marinated, then pan-seared and finished in a basil coconut curry sauce. They're served alongside a veggie stir-fry — made here with broccoli, cabbage, and shiitake mushrooms.
Green Curry Baked Chicken Breasts step by step
- Preheat your oven to 425 F..
- In one bowl, stir together the mayonnaise and curry paste until combined. In another bowl, stir together the breadcrumbs, cilantro and a pinch of salt with a small drizzle of vegetable oil..
- Season both sides of the chicken breasts with salt and pepper and space them out on a foil-lined baking sheet. Spread the mayo mixture over the tops of the breasts, then sprinkle the breadcrumb mixture over that. Bake the breasts in the oven for 25 minutes..
- Remove the breasts from the oven and sprinkle on the lime zest. Let rest for 5 minutes, then serve with a nice heap of steamed rice..
A sprinkle of crushed red pepper flakes adds a touch of heat throughout. These baked curried chicken breasts are super easy and flavorful. Serve them over hot cooked rice with some peas drizzled with a bit of honey for an excellent meal. The sauce for this recipe is just excellent. It's mild and rich, rather like Mughlai curry, a traditional Indian dish.