Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Coconut Curry Chicken Soup (Slow Cooker!)


This soup is really good!  I keep thinking about it and I ate it last night for dinner!!  I just love curry and coconut milk, mmmm, makes me happy.

Ingredients:
1 T Olive Oil
1 large Onion, chopped
1 large Bell Pepper (any color), chopped
3/4 tsp Salt
3 Garlic cloves, minced
3 T Yellow Curry powder
1 tsp Cumin
1 T Fresh Ginger, grated
4 Red Potatoes, cut into bite size pieces
5 cups low-sodium Chicken Broth
3 Large boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1.5 - 2 lbs), leave whole
1 can Coconut Milk
1/4 cup Corn Starch
1/4 cup Cold Water

Extras:
Cashews
Chopped Cilantro
Cooked white rice

Saute onion, bell pepper, and salt in olive oil until soft and spotty brown.  Add garlic, curry, cumin and ginger and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds.  Remove from heat and add to slow cooker insert.  Stir in chicken broth and red potatoes.  Lay chicken breasts on top of all ingredients in slow cooker.  Cook on low for 4 hours.  Remove chicken and set aside.  Combine corn starch and cold water in separate bowl until dissolved and smooth, stir cornstarch mixture and coconut milk into soup.  Turn Slow cooker to high and cook for 30 - 45 more minutes.   Whisk the soup briefly, chop chicken into small bite size pieces, then stir chicken into the hot soup to warm through.  Serve with steamed white rice and garnish with cashews and cilantro.  Enjoy!!!