Chicken Coconut Curry with Sweet Potatoes
 
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 (3½ pound) whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
  • 2½ teaspoons Kosher salt, plus additional as needed
  • Black pepper, as needed
  • 2 tablespoons peanut, safflower or vegetable oil
  • ¼ cup finely chopped scallion
  • 1½ inches fresh ginger, peeled and grated (1½ tablespoons)
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 to 2 jalapeño or Serrano chiles, seeded and finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons red curry paste
  • 2 cups canned coconut milk
  • 1-2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
  • 2 medium sweet potatoes (1 pound), peeled and cut into 1½ inch chunks
  • ¾ cup coconut flakes
  • 1 tablespoon black or brown mustard seeds, optional
  • Fresh cilantro leaves
  • Lime wedges
  • 4 cups hot cooked Jasmine or Basmati rice, for serving
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 325°F.
  2. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper.
  3. Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add oil. Brown chicken pieces, in batches if necessary, until golden all over, 6 to 8 minutes per batch. Transfer chicken to a plate.
  4. Stir scallion, ginger, garlic and chiles into pot and reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring, until soft, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in curry paste and cook 1 minute. Stir in coconut milk, brown sugar, and sweet potatoes.
  5. Arrange chicken pieces on top of potatoes, placing breast meat on top. Pour in enough water to come halfway up the sides of chicken (about ½ cup). Bring to a boil. Cover pot and transfer to oven. Bake until chicken is cooked through, about 40 minutes.
  6. Meanwhile, in a large dry skillet over medium heat, toast coconut flakes until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Add mustard seeds, if used, and toast until they begin to pop, 1 minute more. Transfer to a bowl and season with a pinch of salt.
  7. Transfer chicken and sweet potatoes to a platter. Return Dutch oven to the stove and simmer over medium-high heat until cooking liquid has thickened to a saucelike consistency, 5 to 10 minutes.Taste and adjust seasonings as needed. Pour over chicken and potatoes.
  8. Sprinkle with the coconut and mustard seed (if used) mixture and cilantro. Serve with lime wedges for squeezing. Serve over hot Jasmine or Basmati rice.
Notes
Variation: add 2 Cups drained Pineapple tid-bits to the sauce, just before removing from the pot.
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/chicken-coconut-curry-sweet-potatoes