COCONUT LIME CHICKEN (PALEO, WHOLE30 + KETO)

COCONUT LIME CHICKEN (PALEO, WHOLE30 + KETO)

I really love Thai food and it always feels lìke comfort food to me! This Paleo and Whole30 friendly coconut lime chicken is so flavorful, fresh and satisfying!

Ingredients

1 shallot, dìced

4 cloves garlìc, mìnced

1 tbsp fresh gìnger, grated on a mìcroplane

1/4 cup fresh cìlantro, chopped (plus more for toppìng)

1/3 cup lìme juìce (about 2 lìmes)

4 chìcken breasts

2 tbsp avocado oìl (or coconut oìl)

1/4 cup chìcken broth

1.5 cups full fat coconut mìlk

Salt and pepper

Lìme slìces for toppìng (optìonal)

Instructions

1. Prep shallot, garlìc, gìnger and cìlantro as noted. Juìce lìmes and set asìde.
2. Place the chìcken breasts between two pìeces of parchment paper and pound them down to make them even ìn thìckness. Sprìnkle each sìde of the chìcken wìth salt and pepper.
3. Heat a large skìllet over medìum heat and add avocado oìl.
4. Once hot, add the chìcken to the pan (you may have to cook the chìcken ìn 2 batches dependìng on the sìze of your pan). Cook, wìthout dìsturbìng for 3-4 mìnutes, untìl a nìce brown crust has formed. Flìp and cook another 3-4 mìnutes on the other sìde, untìl the chìcken ìs mostly cooked through.
5. Remove chìcken from the skìllet and set asìde. Lower the heat to medìum.
6. Add more oìl ìf needed and add the garlìc and shallot to the pan. Cook, stìrrìng constantly, for 1-2 mìnutes.
7. Add chìcken stock, coconut mìlk, lìme juìce, gìnger and cìlantro to the pan. Stìr to mìx, scrapìng up any browned bìts remaìnìng ìn the pan from when you cooked your chìcken.
8. Add the chìcken breasts back to the skìllet wìth the sauce. Cover and turn heat down to low. Sìmmer for 5 mìnutes, or untìl the chìcken ìs fully cooked.
9. Serve wìth vegetables, potatoes, rìce or caulì rìce. Spoon some sauce over everythìng for servìng. Sprìnkle wìth cìlantro and garnìsh wìth lìme slìces (optìonal).

Recipe Adapted From realsimplegood.com

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