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Coconut Chickpea Chicken over Fresh Spinach

Developed for CFC by Nancy Guppy, RD, MHSc
This tasty coconut curry comes together quickly on the top of the stove. It is also very good made with leftover roast chicken. Here the curry is served hot over fresh spinach. You can also chill and serve as a salad.
Serves
Serves 4
This tasty coconut curry comes together quickly on the top of the stove. It is also very good made with leftover roast chicken. Here the curry is served hot over fresh spinach. You can also chill and serve as a salad.
Coconut Chickpea Chicken over Fresh Spinach
3/4 cups
light coconut milk
200 mL
1/2 cup
orange juice , fresh
125 mL
2 Tbsp
raisins
30 mL
1 tsp
brown sugar
5 mL
1 tsp
curry powder
5 mL
1 pinch
salt
1 pinch
1 lb
boneless, skinless chicken thighs
450 g
1 cup
chickpeas, boiled or canned, drained
250 mL
1 cup
red pepper(s), diced
250 mL
1/2 cup
green onion(s), sliced
125 mL
4 cups
baby spinach
1 L
1/2 cup
cilantro, fresh, chopped
125 mL
1/4 cup
coconut, dried, unsweetened
60 mL
Preparation
Serves
Serves 4
  
Cook time : 20 min
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Preparation time : 20 min
Coconut Chickpea Chicken over Fresh Spinach
1
Add the coconut milk and orange juice to a large pot, cover and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
2
Stir in raisins, brown sugar, curry powder and salt. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer as you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
3
Slice raw chicken thigh across the grain into one inch (2.5 cm) strips. Add to pot with the drained chickpeas. Stir, cover with lid and simmer for 30 minutes.
4
Add red pepper and green onion. Simmer another 5 minutes.
5
To serve, divide fresh spinach among four dinner plates or large, shallow bowls. Divide coconut curry among them piling it in the centre. Garnish each serving with a tablespoon (15 mL) of the unsweetened coconut and a few tablespoons (30 mL) of the coarsely chopped coriander.
Notes: This recipe was tested with raw chickpeas cooked without salt. If you are using canned chickpeas rinse under cold water to remove some of the surface starch and salt.

If you need a gluten free version of this recipe make sure your curry powder doesn’t contain wheat or gluten flour.