Curry chicken and rice is the most requested meal in our house. Monkey Boy would eat it every night of the week if he could. Not only is this easy chicken curry and rice recipe super easy to make, but the house smells like a gourmet restaurant every time it’s simmering on the stove.
This one’s a keeper!
Easy Chicken Curry Recipe
Ingredients
4 cups chicken breasts, cooked, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
5 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons curry powder
1 ½ teaspoons ginger
1 ½ teaspoons salt
½ cup honey
1/3 cup soy sauce
4 cups chicken broth
Instructions
In a heavy pan saute onions in olive oil until translucent over medium heat.
Add chicken broth, honey, and soy sauce, to the pan and stir.
Slowly whisk in flour, curry, ginger, and salt until there are no lumps.
Add cooked chicken.
Reduce heat, and let simmer for 30 – 45 minutes until all the flavors are combined and the sauce has reduced a bit. Serve over a bed of warm rice.
Kay Snyder says
Try honey, mustard, and curry over chicken. To die for! I’m not a measurer just eyeball it but maybe 1/2-1C honey, 1/4-1/3C mustard, a tbsp of butter, and curry to taste perhaps a few tspn or a 1/2 Tbsp. cook over chicken any way you want to (crock pot, baked, or marinade and grill)
suzanne says
Thank you Mavis. Dinner will be easy peasy tomorrow. I get in a rut sometimes.
Amy says
We throw sweet bell peppers in with our chicken and instead of honey we use homemade apple sauce. I like to add a little cumin too and a dallop of sour cream is tasty.
HollyG says
Sound yummy – we love frozen peas in our chicken curry, added just long enough to heat them through.
Bonnie Hawkins says
Thanks. I use to buy the curry sauce in a jar. I add carrots and red bell peppers like my fav. Thai place does. I also add a bit of sour cream.
Margaret Bushee says
Thanks so much for the recipe! This will be great with the frozen shredded Turkey that I still have from the holidays!
Mavis says
I’ve made this recipe with turkey before and really liked it.
virginia says
This was delish! thanks for the recipe 🙂
Mavis says
You bet! I’m glad you liked it. 🙂
jayme @ No Regrets Living says
Dumb question, probably…but when you call for ginger, do you mean ground ginger (the spice) or ginger root? Since you put it in the same spot as the dry ingredients, it’s probably ground ginger powder, but I’m not sure…
Mavis says
ginger powder. 🙂
Krystal says
This was SO AWESOME! I wanted to lick my plate…maybe I actually did.
Mavis says
Ha!
christy says
Do you think this would work in the crockpot with frozen chicken breasts?
Mavis Butterfield says
I’ve done it that way before it just takes a little longer to cook that way.
steven says
Looks good! what’s the best way to cook the chicken?
Amanda says
Do you have a favorite curry powder? I know different brands taste very different from one another! I have a roasted chicken that would be just perfect to curry-up tomorrow. 🙂
Mavis Butterfield says
I really like Spice Island Brand.
Alanna says
Awesome recipe! It reminds me a lot of the chicken curry my lebanese gramma used to make.
You can make your own curry spice! Its very easy, just look it up on google or allrecipes.com. I never buy curry just use my own little mixed jar.
I make curry either exactly as this recipe, or I omit the chicken and use potatoes, carrots, peas and onion for a vegetarian dish over rice. Both are excellent.
When I make it with chicken, I usually just boil the chicken while the rice and sauce are both cooking, and then shred it.
Love this recipe, thanks for sharing it!
Mavis says
Love that it remind you of your little Lebanese grandma! So sweet. And I’ll have to try making my own curry spice.
kathie Paje says
It is our new family favorite thank you for sharing