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Indian Spiced Chicken with Cashew Cilantro Pesto - This chicken curry with a creamy pesto made of cashews is an easy, weeknight dinner with big bold flavor! Gluten free, paleo, whole30 and low carb too! | #Foodfaithfitness | #glutenfree #paleo #lowcarb #keto #whole30
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Indian Spiced Chicken with Cashew Cilantro Pesto Recipe

This Indian Spiced Chicken with Cashew Cilantro Pesto is super flavorful, and fantastically low carb. Make it for dinner tonight!
Course Healthy Eating
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 298kcal
Author FoodFaithFitness

Ingredients

For the Pesto:

  • 1/4 cup Roasted Salted Cashews + 2 tablespoons (54g) and additional for garnish
  • 1 1/2 cups Fresh Cilantro lightly packed (30g) plus additional for garnish
  • 6 tablespoons Fresh Mint lightly packed (6g)
  • 1 1/2 Jalapeños (whole)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Fresh Lime Juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt + 1/8 teaspoon
  • 3 tablespoons Water
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons Olive Oil

For the Chicken:

  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 1 pound Chicken Breast cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 2 teaspoons Garam Masala
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin
  • 1 teaspoon Sea Salt
  • 1 1/3 cups Crushed Tomatoes
  • Cauliflower Rice or regular rice, for serving

Instructions

  • Place the cashews in a small food processor (mine is 3 cups) and pulse until they turn into fine crumbs. Add everything except the water and oil and pulse until broken down.
  • With the food processor running, stream in the water and oil until well blended, scraping down the sides as needed.
  • Heat the olive oil for the chicken in a large pan on medium heat. Cook the chicken until golden brown, stirring frequently, about 4-6 minutes.
  • Once golden, add in the garam masala, turmeric, cumin and salt and cook until fragrant, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes.
  • Add in the crushed tomatoes and 2/3 of the pesto. Stir until well combined. Turn the heat down to medium lower and simmer until it just begins to chicken, about 2-3 minutes.
  • Serve over rice of choice, garnish with more cilantro and cashews and drizzle on the remaining pesto.
  • DEVOUR!

Nutrition

Calories: 298kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 1121mg | Potassium: 813mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1034IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 3mg