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Home » Recipes » Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach

Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach

Published: Dec 14, 2013 · Modified: Aug 31, 2021 by LindySez · This post may contain affiliate links

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"This simple to prepare, tasty, low-fat, Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach can be on the table in about 20 minutes."

Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach

The story behind Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach

Tasty, easy, and healthy.  What more could you want?

Quick?

Well, Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach is a meal you can get onto the table in about 20 minutes.  Is that fast enough?

Thinly sliced chicken breast, chunks of sweet potatoes, and fresh spinach combine in a tasty coconut milk-based curry sauce to give you an easy to prepare, vitamin-packed dinner.

While I use light coconut milk, you can use regular coconut milk if you want, but you will add calories to the dish; and I think it’s just fine using light coconut milk.  The addition of sweet potatoes and fresh spinach add to the “health” factor of this dish.  The red curry paste I use is Thai Kitchen, it can be pretty spicy so start small and add to taste. Like I always say, it's a lot easier to add more than it is to take it out.

Fish sauce adds a nice salty element, as well as a unique flavor. You really can't substitute anything in its place, so if you don't have any, get some or just omit it.  It won't have the roundness of flavor but it will still taste fine.  Now that said, if you do get some fish sauce, I don't recommend you smelling it prior to adding it; it smells pretty rank on the nose, but the flavor is great.

Serve this along with some steamed Jasmine, plain white or brown rice. Or try it with rice noodles for a more soupy approach.

Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach

Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach

Wine Recommendation: Enjoy this tasty dish with a nice off-dry, fruity Riesling or Viognier. 

Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spnach

Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach

LindySez
“This simple to prepare, tasty, low-fat, Thai Chicken Curry with Sweet Potatoes and Spinach can be on the table in about 20 minutes.”
4.5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Additional Time 10 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Main Course, Poultry
Cuisine Thai
Servings 4 servings
Calories 260 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tablespoon neutral vegetable oil I use grapeseed oil
  • ½ cup diced yellow onion
  • 1 cup low-sodium or homemade chicken broth
  • 1 14-ounce can light coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons or to taste red curry paste
  • 1 teaspoon Sriracha hot chili sauce or to taste
  • 1 large sweet potato peeled and diced into ½ inch cubes
  • 12 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts sliced about ¼ inch thick
  • 5 ounces fresh baby spinach leaves about 2 large handfuls

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oil in a skillet. Add the onion and saute until tender. Add the stock, coconut milk, fish sauce, and brown sugar. Bring to a simmer, add the curry paste and stir until it dissolves. Add the sriracha to taste.
  • Add the sweet potato and simmer for 10 minutes, or until almost tender. Add the chicken, cook 3 – 4 minutes. Stir in the spinach and cook until it just wilts.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gSodium: 957mgFiber: 2gCholesterol: 50mgCalories: 260kcalPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 5gFat: 11gProtein: 26gCarbohydrates: 18g
Keyword 30 minutes curry dinner, easy Thai curry, Thai curry
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  1. Rohnda Sue

    January 14, 2014 at 10:27 am

    This looks absolutely delicious! It is a Trim Healthy Mama Crossover so I will have to wait a little while to try it but will keep it in mind for when I am ready.

    Reply
    • LindySez

      January 14, 2014 at 10:46 am

      I just read through the Trim Healthy diet plan and understand, I combined fat with carb. Oops. I'll make sure to be more careful in the future but this is good, healthy and low-fat 🙂 Cheers!

      Reply
  2. Elle

    January 28, 2014 at 5:23 pm

    I'm a curry lover Linda and this looks like a dish I want to try. Fish sauce? Hmm where do you get that?

    Reply
  3. LindySez

    January 28, 2014 at 5:37 pm

    Not sure where you are…here is easily available, but an Asian market would certainly have it, or order on-line.

    Reply
  4. Cher

    January 28, 2014 at 7:09 pm

    You tempt me with such great recipes and this is another I'll be adding to the mix!

    Reply
  5. Jessica

    January 28, 2014 at 8:21 pm

    This sounds so good and I love that there aren't so many ingredients! I have everything you've listed in my pantry, minus the fish sauce.

    Reply
    • LindySez

      January 31, 2014 at 5:45 pm

      Fish sauce is easy to find around here, but an Asian market would certainly have it. If you can't find an Asian market, order on-line. It lasts a long time in the refrigerator and will open your culinary world!

      Reply
  6. Alley Brown

    July 16, 2016 at 7:35 pm

    I tryed it - I like spicy but not killer, so I upped the red chili to a Tbs and the Sriracha to a Tbs and...DELICIOUS. I had sweet potatoes, chicken and spinach, all about to go bad, and I typed in "recipe"...four stars! Served over ginger brown basmati.

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    • LindySez

      July 17, 2016 at 9:49 am

      I'm so glad you liked it. I, like you, like it spicy, and use more Sriracha, so my guideline is more on the conservative side since I figure it's always easier to "add" to taste, then it is to "subtract" from taste LOL... Thanks for writing in! Cheers ~ Lindy

      Reply

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