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Instant Pot Curried Lemon Coconut Chicken

March 19, 2016 (UPDATED: July 24, 2020) by Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship® 6 Comments

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You'll love the 5-minute prep - and the flavor of this Instant Pot Curried Lemon Coconut Chicken! Perfect for a Whole 30, Paleo or grain free diet. #cleaneatingrecipes #realfood

Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Curried Lemon Coconut Chicken, Keto chicken

When you’re on a Whole30, you eat a lot of meat. Veggies too, TONS of veggies, which I love, but also definitely a lot of meat, because there’s no rice or bread to stretch the meal! Shredded chicken recipes like this one are a mainstay. It also works well with a Keto or Paleo approach.

I challenged my husband to learn to use the Instant Pot and collected a bunch of recipes for him, and as I mentioned when I shared the Instant Pot version of Paleo cauli-rice, I kept finding a lot of sub-par recipes out there! On days when he was taking over the cooking while I worked, I’d email them to my husband but end up either rewriting the instructions in the email or going to the kitchen to tell him what he should really do.

Instant Pot Curried Lemon Coconut Chicken

So I kinda need to share them with you guys after all that work, especially before the post we’re working up to: Easy Instant Pot Recipes Even a Man Can Make. Winking smile

Today’s recipe is a simple and flexible Asian chicken that could totally be served over rice if you’re not grain-free. We just added steamed broccoli, a big salad, and a tray of roasted veggies to bulk up the meal. My kids enjoyed it and even took leftovers for lunch a few days. (The roasted veggie recipe is mine but it’s only in Plan to Eat – because I use that program a ton to keep my veggies organized when we do a Whole30!)

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Instant Pot Curried Lemon Coconut Chicken

You can use either chicken breasts or thighs for this one – we had a random assortment of both in our fridge the day we made it, but neither was enough for a big batch to feed our family, so we just mixed them and that worked great too. I’d make it with thighs regularly simply because thighs are less expensive so I tend to save chicken breast splurges for things like chicken nuggets or a stir fry when you want the white meat to shine. For all my slow cooker or Instant Pot shredded chicken recipes, I go with thighs.

Keep in mind that the kind of curry you use will kind of take over this dish. Most powdered curries are turmeric based and yellow in color. My husband has fallen in love with red curry at Thai restaurants this past year and we could never figure out why I couldn’t find “red curry powder” when I shopped spices! Apparently for Thai food it’s a curry paste, so I need to figure out how to source or make that myself, because although he likes the yellow curries I’ve found, he’s quite smitten with red. Winking smile

To keep your spices frugal, you can check out a local Asian market; I hear that’s a great place to get smaller amounts for inexpensive amounts. I am lucky enough to have a health food store that sells spices in small packages for typically 99c-$1.99 each, so I can try out flavors without investing a ton of cash. I also have ordered through Mountain Rose Herbs (Link Removed) online and their prices are amazing, but you do need to know how much you can use! I got maybe 4 or 8 ounces of dried cilantro and was a little shocked when the bag came and was as big as my head!

Herbs are light. Order small! (And also – does anyone need any cilantro? I have 2 decades worth of it for ranch dressing mix in my basement now…)

Boosting Nutrition

Instant Pot Curried Lemon Coconut Chicken so quick and easy

The turmeric in this recipe already has a ton of health benefits, which I explored when we shared this amazing Turmeric Chicken Soup with Cabbage and Coconut, which we’ve eaten twice during the Whole30 and it’s so warming and lovely.

We’ve also been boosting the nutrition of a lot of soups and Instant Pot meals by adding Vital Proteins collagen (use the coupon KS10 for 10% off!) or gelatin (use the coupon KS10 for 10% off!) – you can pretty much put 2 scoops of either one into any recipe you’re making and it just disappears (visually and flavor-wise). The gelatin will “gel” up after things cool, which is no problem for soups (it liquefies again when heated) but might be weird if you want to eat something cold, like we do with shredded chicken dishes, so collagen is better for this one! You can use the coupon code VPKS10 for 10% off your order!

The Recipe: Curried Lemon Coconut Chicken (Pressure Cooker Version)

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Instant Pot Curried Lemon Coconut Chicken

  • Author: Katie Kimball
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 35 mins
  • Total Time: 40 mins
  • Yield: 6 servings
  • Category: main course
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This recipe was adapted from a slow cooker recipe and worked great in the Instant Pot! Make it grain-free with lots of side veggies or serve over rice. So fast, easy, and delish!


Ingredients

  • 1 can full fat coconut milk
  • 1/4 c. lemon juice
  • 1 Tbs. curry powder
  • 1 tsp. turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp. salt (Use the code kitchenstewardship for 15% off of your first purchase)
  • about 4 lbs. chicken – breasts, thighs, or a combo (whatever you have)
  • optional: 1/2-1 tsp. lemon zest

Instructions

  1. Mix the coconut milk, lemon juice and spices together in a bowl or glass measuring cup. (Don’t worry about incorporating that large chunk of coconut cream from the top of the can of coconut milk; just mix the liquidy part together.)
  2. Pour a little bit on the bottom of the Instant Pot.
  3. Add the chicken.
  4. Pour in the rest, including the coconut cream chunk if you’ve got one, on top of the chicken.
  5. Lock in the lid and close the valve.
  6. Turn the IP to “poultry” which should be 15 minutes at high pressure.
  7. If working with frozen chicken breasts, add 10 minutes to the cook time and you should be fine (although I haven’t tested this yet).
  8. It will take about 20 minutes to get to pressure.
  9. After the 15 minute cook time, use the quick release by opening the valve.
  10. Test chicken for doneness by cutting open and observing the center (if you see any pink, turn the IP back on for another 5-10 minutes on manual high pressure – it will heat up much quicker because everything is already so hot).
  11. Use 2 forks to shred the chicken up in the pot (or remove to a plate if you’re having trouble getting it all in the pot).
  12. Optional: Add 1/2-1 tsp. lemon zest after cooking.
  13. Serve with steamed or roasted veggies or over rice.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Pure and Simple Nourishment, which was a slow cooker recipe. You can absolutely toss everything in a slow cooker and do 4 hours on high or 8 on low with the same result!

If you’d like the sauce thicker, stir in a Tbs. or two of arrowroot starch after cooking.

Curried Lemon Coconut Chicken Nutrition Info


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1/6 of the recipe
  • Calories: 612
  • Sugar: .3g
  • Sodium: 397mg
  • Fat: 25.5g
  • Saturated Fat: 16.9g
  • Carbohydrates: 3.2g
  • Fiber: .5g
  • Protein: 89.4g
  • Cholesterol: 233mg

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6 Bites of Conversation So Far

  1. Susan says

    December 1, 2016 at 9:24 am

    I just received my IP this week and am so excited to try some of your recipes! This one sounds amazing. If using bone-in meat, would you increase the cooking time at all or do anything different?

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    • Katie Kimball @ Kitchen Stewardship says

      December 3, 2016 at 1:21 am

      Hi Susan,
      Nope, bone-in chicken breast or thighs work great and no extra time needed (a whole chicken is a different story). I just pull out the bones before serving and stick them in a bag for broth later! Enjoy your new toy! 🙂 🙂 Katie

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  2. Kylie Ahlschwede says

    July 19, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    This recipe sounds amazing and I’ll definitely try it, though I don’t have an Instant Pot. But red curry paste isn’t hard to find. I buy it in the Asian section of my general grocer (Hy Vee or Cub Foods in southern Minnesota). One brand is “Thai Kitchen,” another is “Taste of Thai.” Both come in small jars and keep indefinitely in the fridge once opened.

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  3. Meg says

    July 14, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    I made this tonight and it was really great! I used boneless chicken thighs and some chicken tenders I had and it was delicious, I served it with rice I made in the instant pot but jazzed it up with coconut flakes and a little sugar and coconut oil. Might put some cayenne pepper in next time for some heat! Great, super easy recipe!

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  4. TAMMY HEADLEY says

    March 31, 2016 at 1:18 pm

    Thank you for sharing your process and your recipes. I simply wanted to share that I do FROZEN chicken breasts/tenders in the IP all the time, and with approx 2 lbs have cooked from frozen at 15 minutes/poultry setting and it has been almost MORE than enough.

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  5. Amy J. says

    March 19, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    We use red Thai curry paste in a chicken & veggie stir fry recipe I got from Food Network -that the whole family likes. Since you mix the shoves with liquid in this review, I bet you could just use the paste instead of a powdered curry – just a matter of figuring out how much to use ;).

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