A delicious gluten and dairy free curry recipe that’s different to anything you’ve tried before. Serve this with rice to soak up the sauce and flavour. This dish is packed with meat, vegetables, and tonnes of flavour. As with all my recipes, it’s free from gluten, dairy, and artificial sweeteners. This is a whole food only recipe. For an extra special dinner, why not add some homemade poppadoms? I’ll be adding my poppadom recipe to the website soon.
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Slow Cooked Lemongrass Chicken Curry
Ingredients
Method
- Remove the skin from the ginger and chop as finely as possible.
- Mix the spices and ginger together in a mug.
- Chop the fresh chives into small pieces, about 1cm long.
- Remove the skin from the garlic cloves and crush them.
- Peel the carrots and chop into small circles, about 1cm thick.
- Cut the red bell pepper into bite sized pieces, removing the seeds.
- Peel the sweet potato and cut into bite sized pieces.
- Warm the olive oil in a pan on a medium heat. Add the chives and garlic. Fry for 2 minutes.
- Add the spice mix to the pan. Fry for a minute to release the flavours and add 2tsp of water to the pan so it becomes a paste and doesn't stick to the pan.
- Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces. Add to the pan and cover well with the spice mix. Add the honey and mix well in the pan.
- Transfer the mix to the slow cooker. Add the carrots, sweet potato, red bell pepper, coconut aminos, stock, and coconut milk. Cook for 4 hours on high heat or 8 hours on low heat.
- About twenty minutes before the slow cooker is finished, prepare your rice. Rinse it well and cook according to the instructions for your type of rice. I enjoy basmati or jasmine rice, but any will work well with this meal.
Notes
Substitute Ingredients
If you don’t have chives, you can use shallots instead. Onion could be a last resort, but it will change the taste quite a bit. Coconut aminos can be replaced with fish sauce if it’s not readily available where you are. Vegetable stock can be replaced with chicken stock if you prefer. If you don’t have any stock, just use water, and your curry will still taste great.Gluten and dairy free curry recipe
Don’t Want to Slow Cook?
If you want to make this meal quicker, you can slip the slow cooking. The flavours won’t be as pronounced, but it will still taste fantastic. Instead of adding everything to the slow cooker, add it to a pan on the stove and simmer on a medium heat for 30 minutes.
Coconut Aminos
Never heard of, or used, coconut aminos? This is a dark coloured salty sauce similar to soy sauce, which can also be used to substitute fish sauce in some recipes. It’s made by fermenting coconut palm sap with sea salt and is considered to be a healthier alternative to soy sauce. It contains less sodium than soy sauce and is a great alternative for those on a gluten free, soy free, or low-glycaemic diet. Here’s a link to where I get my coconut aminos on Amazon, though you’re also likely to find it in your local health food shop.
What to Try Next?
If you enjoyed this lemongrass chicken curry, and you’re looking for more gluten and dairy free recipes, why not try my Lebanese chicken recipe? My Lebanese chicken recipe is also packed full of flavour, but tastes wildly different to my lemongrass chicken curry.