
the story of us


How to make chicken curry with coconut milk?
- First, fry some carrots and potatoes until the edges are lightly browned. Remove them from the pan to add back later.
- Cook chicken in a mix of spices; oil, garlic, onions, ground pepper, curry powder, and paprika.
- Next, simmer in coconut milk to cook the chicken through.
- Add the vegetables and a little chili and simmer again until the meat becomes tender and to reduce the liquids to a thick sauce.
The result is an amazingly spicy, flavorful and creamy coconut chicken curry.
My mama normally just use chicken for this coconut curry recipe. I tried it with various meat like pork, beef, and turkey (breast) and they all turned out really good.
Which part of chicken to use to make chicken curry?
I find the bonier parts, like the thigh, drumsticks, wings of chicken are more flavorful and perfect for making this chicken curry dish.
However, you can also use meatier parts like the breasts. Just be sure to cut them in smaller pieces so the flavor from the spices can seep into the meat.
Other Chicken Recipes to try
- Cilantro Chicken with creamy sauce
- Chicken ala King
- Parmesan Crusted Chicken
- Chicken Afritada -Filipino tomato-based stew
- Teriyaki Chicken - crispy skin, juicy meat
- Chicken Inasal - Filipino chicken barbeque with ginger, vinegar and lemon grass marinade
- Chicken Adobo with crunchy browned garlic
WANT MORE RECIPES? Subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for all of the latest updates.

Chicken Curry with coconut milk
INGREDIENTS
- 2-3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 medium potato - - cut into wedges
- 1 medium carrot - - cut into wedges
- 3 cloves garlic - - minced
- 1 small onion - - chopped
- 2 pounds chicken
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons curry powder
- 1 tablespoon paprika powder - (optional)
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 can (400mL) coconut milk - (2 tablespoon powder dissolved in water)
- 1 medium green bell pepper - - cut into squares
- 1 piece fresh chili pepper - cut into 4-5 pieces (or dried chili flakes)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Fry potato and carrots in oil until cooked and edges are lightly browned. Once done, remove from oil and then set aside.
- Saute garlic and onion in the remaining oil over medium heat. Add chicken meat and sear each both sides for a minute.
- Add the fish sauce, curry powder, paprika powder, and ground pepper. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add coconut milk, and let it simmer until sauce thickens. I like it really thick so I cook it a little longer.
- Add the carrots, potatoes and bell pepper and chili and cook for another minute.
- Transfer to a serving dish and serve with rice or your favorite side.
VIDEO
RECIPE NOTES
I have cooked this curry and husband loves it! Yummy. We’ll be cooking it again. Thank you for the recipe.
Glad to hear it, Marby.
Made this recipe, so so good.
loved the flavors.
This is an outstanding recipe. The flavors are distinct and delicious.
Thank you for your short but sweet comment, Ken!😘
I tried this and it was so good! My family really enjoyed it. We already had it twice and will definitely make again. Coconut milk makes a lot of difference too!
Glad to hear you like it Maria!
Thank you for this easy to follow recipe. I just made one for pinoy pot luck. We’ll see what they think of it later. 🙂
I have a photo but I don’t think I can attach it to my comment? 🙂
Hi Aileen, have fun at the potluck and I hope your friends will like it! You can send the photo via email or thru our FB page..
Can I use plain cooking cream or coconut cream instead of coconut milk? What sort of curry powder-there’s too many to choose-don’t like hot curry,thx
Hi Charry, use coconut cream. I use yellow curry.
I enjoy can you please send me some recipes cards.
Hi Erik, if you sign up to our newsletter you can get the Recipe Ebook for free with printable recipe cards. You will get an email and then you can download them.
I have tried following your chicken afritada and it turned out good. I will be attempting to make this dish soon. I am just wondering if I could add cheese to it?
Glad that you like our Afritada recipe, Laila. I am not sure about adding cheese to curry with coconut. Maybe it is good, but it is already creamy even without the cheese. You can try it and let me know.
Thank you, Bebs for this recipe! It was amazing! I am very much homesick, living in the US for 3 months and this one brought me back home. Salamat.
I could relate, Cher. Glad to have eased your homesickness somehow! 🙂
it's my first time making Chicken Curry becaus eive been feeling homesick and holy crap this is very good! It made me feel at home! Careful with fish sauce though! It made my kitchen stunk and my Western family didnt appreciate it. haha. Definitely will cook this again, thanks for the recipe!
Glad you like it Roo! I know about the fish sauce...good thing Armin, my German hubby, got used to it! 🙂
Our first attempt at homemade curry. Definitely a new favorite recipe in our household!
Hi Tyler, thanks for dropping by. This is also (still) one of my hubby's fave! I am really glad you like it!
Hello,
first time follower, glad i found you , I love and missed
pilipino dish, but limited knowledge to cook. now that retirement is near for me, i have new hobby to explore. thanks for sharing your talent!
You're welcome, Nora! Hope you like our recipes!