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Home » Lunch & Dinner » Chicken and Sweet Potato Curry

10 January 2015

Chicken and Sweet Potato Curry

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Looking for a delicious, healthy dinner? Then you should try this mild chicken and sweet potato curry recipe, packed full of flavour from my homemade korma paste.

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Chicken and sweet potato curry recipe

When it comes to healthy eating, I’m not perfect. Ask the regular mums at my local parent and toddler group and they’ll tell you that despite my best intentions, I’ll usually end up sneaking a slice (or two) of cake to go with my coffee.

I try and make up for this accidental cake eating by making my dinners as healthy as possible – low calorie, and packed full of extra vegetables. Having small children, I also feel a responsibility to feed them healthy dinners to help them grow up big and strong and hopefully not too fussy (a battle I may be losing with the little one, although I’m still fighting). Whilst my two-year old can be fussy, he’s always happily eaten this curry (and my chilli con carne) so it’s one of my go-to healthy dinner recipes if I need to ensure he’s going to eat well.

Korma Paste Recipe

My homemade korma paste

It’s only 365 calories a serving (excluding rice) and contains two of your five-a-day fruit and vegetables. If you decide to add rice it bumps up the calories per serving to 630 (which still isn’t too bad). However, I will quite often eat this without rice and still feel full afterwards.

To make this chicken and sweet potato curry, I like to make my own korma paste using my recipe. However, it will also work well using a jar of pre-made paste (I used to make it this way until I developed my own paste recipe, my favourite paste was Pataks). Korma paste is very mild (but still full of flavour) and is perfect for making this for my family, as they don’t like overly spicy food. However, if you wanted something a little spicier, I expect that it would also work well with other hotter curry pastes.

Another advantage of this curry recipe is that it is suitable for freezing, so you can cook a big batch in advance and it’s there when you need it.

Chicken and sweet potato curry recipe

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Chicken and sweet potato curry recipe

Chicken and Sweet Potato Curry

Looking for a delicious, healthy dinner? Then you should try this mild chicken and sweet potato curry recipe, packed full of flavour from my homemade korma paste.
Inspired by this recipe from BBC Good Food.
5 from 1 vote
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Active Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes minutes
Servings: 6 servings
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INGREDIENTS

  • 700 g Boneless - Skinless Chicken Thighs
  • 700 g Sweet Potatoes
  • ½ tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 batch of korma paste - or a 165g jar of pre-made korma paste
  • 1 onion
  • 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes
  • 250 ml water
  • Salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Make the korma paste (if not pre-made).
  • Finely chop the onion.
  • Heat the sunflower oil (½ tbsp) in a large pan.
  • Add the onion and cook on a low heat for 5 minutes, stirring regularly to ensure that it does not burn.
  • Meanwhile, chop the chicken thighs (700g) into bite-sized pieces.
  • Once the onion has softened, add the chicken thighs to the pan. Turn up the heat to medium and continue to cook until the outside of the chicken has browned. Stir regularly to ensure that the meat browns evenly.
  • Meanwhile, peel the sweet potatoes (700g) and chop them into small cubes (roughly 1.5cm).
  • Once the chicken has browned, add the korma paste, chopped tomatoes (400g tin), sweet potato and water (250ml) and stir.
  • Bring to the boil and then simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally - If you are making the curry to reheat later then simmer for just 20 minutes, otherwise the sweet potato will become soft and mushy after reheating.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Serve.

NOTES

This chicken and sweet potato curry is suitable for freezing. If you are reheating from frozen, firstly ensure that it is fully defrosted in the fridge and that it is piping hot all the way through before serving. If the curry starts to look dry when reheating add a little water to prevent it from burning.
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NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

Calories: 364kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 289mg | Potassium: 1073mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 16785IU | Vitamin C: 12.6mg | Calcium: 97mg | Iron: 3.3mg

Any nutritional information provided is the estimated nutritional information per serving. Please refer to my guide to Charlotte’s Lively Kitchen nutritional information if you would like to learn more about how this is calculated.


Course: Main Course

Free From/Suitable For…

The ingredients I used to make this recipe are all free from the following allergens. However, please check any labels carefully for allergens you need to avoid as brands can vary and product recipes can change over time.

  • Gluten-Free
  • Egg-Free
  • Dairy-Free
  • Sesame-Free
  • Soya-Free
  • Sulphur Dioxide & Sulphite-Free
  • Fish-Free
  • Crustacean-Free
  • Mollusc-Free
  • Celery-Free
  • Mustard-Free
  • Lupin-Free

Looking for a delicious, healthy dinner? Then you should try this mild chicken and sweet potato curry recipe, packed full of flavour from my homemade korma paste.


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  1. Sarah Young says

    April 02, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    5 stars
    Firm favourite with me and my fiance! Make it once use two portions and freeze the other two for the next time which makes cooking SOO easy. Delicious dinner and great knowing it’s healthy! I personally prefer it without rice

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      April 03, 2019 at 11:34 am

      We ofter have ours without rice too. I’m glad you enjoyed it!

  2. Catherine King says

    May 12, 2015 at 9:55 pm

    I have just discovered your site (through your very informative blogging reports as I am thinking of starting my own blog – though not food related). Anyway love the look of this recipe and the tips on reheating and freezing. Will give it a try

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      May 13, 2015 at 9:27 pm

      Thanks Catherine. I hope you enjoy it.

      What are you thinking of blogging about?

  3. Alison says

    January 12, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    I love the addition of the sweet potato which I imagine makes it very filling as well. It looks really tasty

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      January 14, 2015 at 10:26 pm

      It does, it means I can happily eat it without rice and still feel like I’ve had a proper complete meal.

  4. Cherished By Me says

    January 12, 2015 at 10:02 am

    Mmmmm, this looks lovely, we love curry here and I am always trying to sneak in extra vegetables. 🙂

    Reply
    • Charlotte Oates says

      January 14, 2015 at 10:25 pm

      Thanks. I agree, the more I can squeeze in the better!

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