• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
That Recipe
  • Recipes
  • Members
  • Subscribe
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Recipes
  • Members
  • Subscribe
  • follow the fun

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • Recipes
    • Members
    • Subscribe
  • follow the fun

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
  • ×

    Home » Our latest posts » Main Courses with Meat

    Chicken Curry: Flavorful Dinner in Under 20 Minutes

    January 23, 2018 Filed Under: Main Courses with Meat, Poultry

    Jump to Recipe Print Recipe
    This simple Chicken Curry is ready in under 30 minutes. Great recipe to use leftover holiday turkey or a rotisserie chicken.

    This flavorful Chicken Curry dish comes together in about 20 minutes making it perfect for busy weeknights. It is also an excellent way to reinvent leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

    chicken curry on a plate with condiments

    If you use leftover chicken, you can have this on the table in about 10 minutes. The rice will take longer to cook.

    Even if you have to cook up the chicken it will still take under 20 minutes.

    Gotta love easy and loaded with flavor meals, especially when the dinner can customize the recipe to their taste.

    Condiments to Serve with Chicken Curry

    My favorite part of this dish growing up was the condiments. Mom would serve it with 5-6 different toppings and we could each add our own. I usually added lots of everything just because I could.

    You can enjoy this dish plain or serve it with extras such as:

    • raisins
    • chopped salted peanuts
    • chopped hard-boiled egg
    • bacon bits
    • chopped sweet or sour pickles
    • sweetened flaked coconut
    • chutney
    • chopped green onion
    • chopped fresh cilantro

    Want more 30 minute dinner ideas? Check this out.

    Variation: Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey Curry Recipe

    This is a great way to repurpose Thanksgiving leftovers into a delightful new meal. As a matter of fact, this is the way I had it most often growing up.

    Or you can grab a rotisserie chicken from the market and remove the meat from the bone.

    Just slice the cooked turkey or chicken into strips and skip step one below.

    You could also use shrimp or tofu for a vegetarian curry recipe.

    Chicken Curry

    chicken curry on a plate with condiments
    Print Recipe Pin Recipe

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 pound chicken breast (cut into thin slices)
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • 1 tablespoon butter (or olive oil)
    • 2 tablespoons onion (finely chopped)
    • 1 teaspoon curry (more or less to taste)
    • 1 ½ tablespoon flour (all purpose or gluten free)
    • ⅓ teaspoon salt
    • ⅓ teaspoon sugar
    • dash ground ginger
    • ½ cup chicken broth
    • ½ cup milk
    • ½ teaspoon lemon juice
    • 4-6 cups steamed rice for serving

    Instructions
     

    • In a large skillet heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add chicken and cook until almost all pink is gone. Remove from pan.
    • Melt butter in the skillet. Add onion and curry powder and sauté. Blend in flour and other seasonings. Cook until all is smooth.
    • Add broth and milk. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add chicken and lemon juice and cook until chicken is heated.
    • Serve over rice with choice of condiments suggested in notes. Let each person choose condiments and sprinkle over curry as desired.

    Notes

    Suggested condiments to serve with the curry: raisins, chopped salted peanuts, chopped hard-boiled egg, bacon bits, chopped sweet or sour pickles, sweetened coconut flakes, chutney, chopped green onion, chopped fresh cilantro

    More Recipes

    bowl of chicken and sauce over noodles with text overlay "Dan Dan Noodles with chicken"
    Dan Dan Noodles
    Creamy Tuscan Chicken in cast iron skillet.
    Creamy Tuscan Chicken
    close up of cast iron skillet with chicken and black bean stir fry and text overlay "southwestern chicken skillet"
    Southwestern Chicken Salad

    More Main Courses with Meat

    • calzone on a plate
      Triple Meat Calzones Homemade Pizza Pockets
    • cashew chicken lettuce wraps
      Cashew Chicken Lettuce Wraps an Easy Healthy Meal
    • Spiral sliced ham on a plate with text overlay "orange stuffed spiral sliced ham"
      Orange Stuffed Spiral Sliced Ham Delicious Holiday Twist
    • chicken with onion and cheese and text overlay "French Onion Chicken"
      French Onion Chicken in the Pressure Cooker #OurFamilyTable

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Marilyn Lesniak

      January 23, 2018 at 6:59 pm

      Thank you for hosting. I linked my Weight Watchers Veggie Soup, an Amish Pasta Salad and very Berry Pancakes for that weekend brunch. I hope you enjoy them! Have a happy week! #OverTheMoon #WWBlogHop #ThursdayFavoriteThings

      Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

    Primary Sidebar

    audrey humaciu in kitchen

    Welcome

    I'm your hostess, Audrey, an avid "maker" that believes home made is better.

    Whether it's cooking, crafting, gardening, home décor, even blog design, I love getting my hands dirty and trying new things... even if I make a mess in the process.

    Discover more about me →

    Fresh Spring Tastes

    • strawberry muffins in a muffin tin with text overlay "sourdough strawberry muffins"
      Sourdough Strawberry Muffins Tangy Sweet Muffins
    • carrot muffins topped with granola on a cooling rack
      Carrot Granola Muffins with No Refined Sugar
    • lemon blueberry jelly roll on a plate
      Lemon Blueberry Jelly Roll Cake Sweet Taste of Spring
    • spinach and strawberry salad with text overlay "strawberry spinach salad with hot bacon dressing"
      Strawberry Spinach Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing is a Delightful Spring Salad

    See more Spring Produce Recipes→

    tablet with ebook on display and text overlay "Seasoned with Love: 60 seasoning mix recipes from around the world"

    Tried and True Recipes

    • piece of bread dipped in cheese fondue with text overlay "alcohol free cheese fondue"
      Alcohol Free Cheese Fondue: Easy Family Dinner in 20 Minutes!
    • close up of popover in a pan with text overlay "Julia Child's Popovers"
      Julia Child's Popovers A Classic Recipe Made Easy
    • fork holidng a piece of lasagna with text overlay "no boil meat lasagna"
      The Original Barilla 4 Layer No Boil Lasagna Recipe
    • jar filled with granola
      Homemade Granola is as Easy as 1-2-3

    See our Top 10 Recipes →

    follow the fun

    • Bloglovin
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • Privacy Policy/Disclosures
    • Cookie Notice

    Newsletter

    • Sign Up! for emails and updates

    Contact

    • Contact
    • Work with me

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2023 ThatRecipe

    133 shares
    Manage Cookie Consent
    We use cookies to optimize our website and our service.
    Functional Always active
    The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
    Preferences
    The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
    Statistics
    The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
    Marketing
    The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
    Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
    Preferences
    {title} {title} {title}