“Jazz up your chicken dinner with dynamite flavours and a little extra effort! I cook ginger-seasoned chicken with a creamy coconut spinach and threw in tomatoes for sweetness. The macros are calculated to serve 6 and it would be lovely over Creamy Cauliflower Mash.” – Monya

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More on Ginger Chicken with Coconut Spinach…

The keto diet has gained immense popularity for its ability to promote weight loss and improve overall health by inducing a state of ketosis. This is where the body burns fat for fuel. Embracing this lifestyle doesn’t mean compromising on flavour, and this dish is a perfect example.
 

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The ginger adds a zesty kick to the chicken while the creamy coconut spinach is a great accompaniment. Spinach is an excellent low-carb vegetable, packed with essential nutrients like iron, calcium, and vitamins A and C.
 
Full-fat coconut milk not only adds creaminess to the dish, but also provides a healthy dose of beneficial fats. This is essential for maintaining ketosis. These fats contribute to increased satiety and provide a sustainable source of energy for those following the keto diet.
 
This delightful dinner option proves that even while pursuing a low-carb lifestyle, one can still indulge in delicious and nutritious meals that promote overall well-being.
 

It is important to note that to maintain ketosis, it’s essential to track carbohydrate intake and ensure it aligns with your daily macro goals. Consulting with a healthcare professional is advised before making significant dietary changes. Scroll to the bottom to see the full macros and allergens for this Ginger Chicken with Coconut Spinach dish, as well as all the Chicken on Fats of Life®.
 

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Ginger Chicken with Coconut Spinach

Deliciously creamy coconut spinach baked with ginger chicken, this meal takes a little extra effort but it will be well worth your time! Serve over Cauliflower Mash or enjoy as is!

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Course Main Dish

Cuisine Asian, General

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

Infusing Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes

Servings 6 people

Author Monya Kilian Palmer

Per serving

Calories: 546kcal | Carbohydrates: 3.8g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 45g

Equipment

• kitchen scale
• universal measuring spoons
• sharp knife
• raw meat preparation board
• pestle and mortar
• large oven-to-hob casserole
• BBQ tongs
• sieve or strainer

Ingredients

• 6 large chicken thighs
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• salt
• 2 thumb-size pieces fresh ginger, thinly sliced
• 1 lemongrass stalk, roughly chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
• 2 TB coconut oil
• 200 g (7 oz) baby spinach
• 3 tomatoes (small-medium)
• 1 tin full-fat coconut milk, shaken well before opening
• sea salt flakes
• coriander, finely chopped

Instructions

• Season the chicken pieces on both sides with ginger powder and salt.
  
• Place the sliced fresh ginger, roughly chopped lemongrass and garlic into a mortar and use the pestle to smash well. This is an important step to release all the flavours to infuse the coconut milk later. Have the rest of your ingredients prepped and ready:
  
• Using a large non-stick pan, (that can be used both on the stove top AND inside the oven), melt one tablespoon of the coconut oil. Once hot, fry the chicken pieces skin-side down over high heat until the skins are golden and crispy.
  
• Turn them over to brown the underside for a minute.
  
• Remove the chicken pieces using tongs and set aside on a plate (skin side up).
  
• Add the smashed contents of the mortar into the pan and reduce the heat to very low. Lightly fry the ginger, lemongrass, garlic mixture for a minute. Pour in the coconut milk and mix well to combine. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove from heat. Leave the mixture to infuse for 30 minutes.
  
• In the meantime, preheat the oven to 180°C (fan oven). This is 200°C for conventional ovens (or 400°F / gas mark 6). At this time you can trim the tomatoes into wedges.
  
• After the coconut milk has infused, strain it into a little jug, discarding all the ginger etc.
  
• Wipe the pan clean and add the second tablespoon coconut oil. Over moderate heat, cook the spinach until it completely wilts down. Its a large amount of spinach so you may have to add it in two batches to make space in your pan.
  
• Once you are left with a tiny pulp of spinach, pour in the strained coconut milk and mix well.
  
• Return the chicken pieces to the pan (try not get the skins wet) and nestle the tomatoes around.
  
• Place in the oven (uncovered) for 35 minutes for the chicken to sufficiently cook through. A meat thermometer probe is useful here, the internal temperature of the thickest part of a thigh should read 72°C / 163°F.
• To serve, season with sea salt flakes and garnish with chopped coriander. Enjoy over Cauliflower Mash to soak up that lovely creamed spinach and cooked tomatoes. (Funnyman and I enjoyed this over konjac / shirataki noodles and some freshly sliced red chili.)

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A new-and-improved version of this delicious recipe features in my cookbook BUDGET KETO KITCHEN.

My name is Monya Kilian Palmer. If you loved this recipe, please follow and tag me @mkilianpalmer on Instagram so we can all see your lovely creations!

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Nutritional Information per serving
Calories                        546Kcal / 2284kJ
Fat                                45g
Carbohydrates              3.8g
Protein                          31g

Allergens
None present

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Chicken with Cheesy Cauli and Spinach Mash (Keto)

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Roast Chicken with Cheesy Garlic Greens (Keto)

Chicken Soup for the (Keto) Soul

Fragrant Duck and Shiitake Soup (Keto)

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Disclaimer: The nutritional analysis, macro and allergen breakdown of the recipes on this site have been manually and carefully calculated using the cloud-based software NUTRITICS®. NUTRITICS® is fully approved by the relevant Trading Standards organizations and is EU and FDA-compliant. The macro calculations are provided as a courtesy to you based on the author's weighing of ingredients when creating the dishes. If Erythritol (a sugar polyol) has been used in any of the recipes, it has already been manually excluded from the final carbohydrate count. The author is a chef - not a medical professional - and this website has been designed to provide you with recipe ideas to suit the low carb lifestyle you have discussed with your GP.

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