This delicious Hawaiian Style Green Curry Chicken is a healthy chicken recipe that’s inspired by the beautiful Hawaiian islands.

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My friend Anne has been a great support for me in my search for healthy foods and recipes. Anne lives in Hawaii now and is always cooking with fresh ingredients! Not to mention the Hawaiian/Asian style of the islands influences her food a great deal so she’s always cranking out some serious flavor! This Hawaiian Style Green Curry Chicken is one of those recipes that Anne gave me!

I’m sure it’s no surprise that I’m a big chicken eater. I could literally eat chicken every day and not be tired of it. But even though I can eat chicken everyday, I do need to change up the chicken recipe now and then. As in I can’t just eat a grilled chicken breast everyday and be ok with that. I need flavor! However I actually find it difficult to find chicken recipes that aren’t covered in sauce or in fat. Until I got some help from Anne that is!

Ingredients For Hawaiian Style Green Curry Chicken:

boneless skinless Chicken Breast, cubed
green curry paste
red pepper flakes
garlic powder
fresh lemon grass
mushrooms
unsweetened coconut milk
sugar snap peas
carrots
un-drained pineapple chunks
yellow saffron rice

Ingredient amounts and entire recipe directions in recipe card below with print option!

What Is Green Curry Paste Made Of?

According to Wikipedia,

“Green curry paste is traditionally made by pounding in a mortar green chillies, shallots, garlic, galangal, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, cilantro roots (coriander), and cumin seeds, white peppercorns, shrimp paste and salt.”

How To Make Hawaiian Style Green Curry Chicken:

We’re going to be using the pineapple to cook the carrots.
You’re going to need a large pot. Heat on medium high heat, about 1/4 cup of the pineapple juice and then add the carrots strips and sauté until tender.
Add in the chicken and cook until chicken is almost done.
Add in the snap peas, mushrooms, pineapple chunks with juice and lemongrass. Stir.
Pour in the coconut milk into the veggies and stir it up.
Simmer for about 5 minutes or until the chicken is done.
Add in the curry paste, garlic and red pepper flakes. Green curry paste is hot so adjust to your taste. 1-2 tablespoons is about all we need here. ( We love the Thai Kitchen thai green curry paste)
Stir to combine. Simmer for about 5-10 minutes.
Serve over cooked saffron rice.

When I found out about NatureRaised Farms® brand and found out that their chicken products contain 100% all natural ingredients, never use antibiotics and that their chickens are fed a 100% vegetarian diet with no added hormones or steroids, I knew that this was something that I was interested in and that it would be the perfect fit for our new lifestyle change. That’s what I’m really going for anyways, making my food choices more natural.

Like a lot of things I eat now, I did some reading up on NatureRaised Farms® brand. It made me smile when I got to the part about how their chickens are raised cage free. They are raised in modern pen/barns and the farmers provide them with things to perch and climb on in order to keep the chickens happy. I was amazed at what all NatureRaised Farms ® brand goes through to make sure that their chickens are happy and healthy. Did you know that NatureRaised Farms® brand chickens have their homes (farms) certified by third party animal welfare organizations?! I love that!

So, with such wonderful, “good for you chicken” I knew that I needed a recipe that would help this chicken shine and a recipe that would also be healthy and keep my on the right track.

Anne was so gracious in telling how she makes her Hawaiian Style Green Curry Chicken at home. I only tweaked it a tiny bit, and wow, just “wow” is really what I have to say about this recipe! It’s so flavorful and it isn’t packed full of butter or fat! It is just the kind of recipe that I need! This Hawaiian Style Green Curry Chicken comes together in about 30 minutes as well, so while I’ve enjoyed it on the weekend, it’s just as quick to whip up after work!

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