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Here is a fantastic dinner to add to your rotation: Coconut Lime Chicken!
Inspired by a dish on the Cheesecake Factory menu, this dish is filled with tender pieces of chicken, snow peas, mushrooms and onions smothered in a delicious Thai-inspired coconut-lime sauce with mangos and cashews. It’s got the perfect touch of spice, delicious savory notes, and a touch of sweetness from the mangos, making it a total winner around the table.
You can keep this dish Whole30 by serving it alone or over cauliflower rice. But if you aren’t doing a Whole30, this is fantastic over steamed, white rice.
looking for more Thai-inspired recipes? try these!
Thai-Inspired Red Curry Chicken Zoodle Soup
Whole30 Spaghetti Squash Pad Thai
Thai-Inspired Coconut Green Curry Salmon
Coconut Lime Chicken
Ingredients
For the Chicken:
- 1½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 4 tablespoons avocado oil, divided
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 tablespoon coconut aminos
- 2 tablespoon tapioca starch
For the Stir Fry:
- 1/2 medium white onion, thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 6 ounces snow peas
- 2 cups thinly sliced shiitake mushrooms
- 2-3 Thai chiles, thinly sliced
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 cup broth
- 1 tablespoon coconut aminos
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- Zest of half a lime
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 3/4 cup diced mango
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped cashews
For Serving:
- Prepared Rice or cauliflower rice
- Freshly chopped cilantro leaves
- Freshly chopped thai basil or basil leaves
Instructions
- Place the cubed chicken into a large bowl with 2 tablespoons of oil, salt, white pepper, coconut aminos, and tapioca starch. Stir until well combined.
- Heat a large, deep non-stick skillet over medium-high heat with the remaining oil. When the oil is shimmering, add the chicken in a single layer (you will likely need to do this in two batches) until golden brown and cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer the cooked chicken to a plate and set aside until all of your chicken is cooked through.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add the onion, garlic and ginger. Cook, stirring, until the onions are tender, being careful not to burn the garlic; about 4 minutes.
- Add the snow peas, mushrooms and chiles. Continue to cook, stirring, until the snow peas have softened; about 3 minutes.
- Add the coconut milk, broth, coconut aminos, fish sauce, lime zest and lime juice to the skillet and stir to coat the veggies. Add the chicken and any of its juices to the skillet and toss to combine. Bring the contents in the skillet to a simmer and continue cooking until the sauce has just thickened and the chicken is well coated in the sauce, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Stir in the mango and the cashews.
- Serve over prepared rice (or cauliflower rice) and garnish with cilantro and basil. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Delicious! Subbed broccoli for snap peas. Outside of browning the chicken, the recipe came together quickly. The flavor is on point. It was a hit with the whole family, including my 10 month old.
Love when it is a hit for everyone! Thanks for commenting!
Our whole family including 2 toddlers loved this recipe! Another win from Alex. My husband accidentally used 2 TBSP of fish sauce instead of 2 TSP and even though it was on the saltier side, it was still delicious!
It’s a messy job, but it’s one of my all-time favorite stir fries to make. I think I need to buy a wok. I don’t like mushrooms, so I double up on the snow peas and omit the rice completely.
Long day, already had the ingredients! THIS. IS. PERFECTION.
so glad you loved it!
So good! Love all your stir frys and this is one of my favorites!
This is delicious! Made with one jalapeños because we didn’t have Thai chili…
Highly recommend!
That’s a great swap. Glad you enjoyed!
Quickly became a top favorite for us. This is a KILLER recipe!!!!! Wouldn’t change a thing!
Thanks, Anna!
Can I sub snap peas or regular frozen peas ?
Hey Alex, cook your recipe’s multiple times a month and you never disappoint. I am planning on making this tonight and I cannot find fresh snow peas. Could I sub frozen? Thank you
Hi Chad!! I am so glad! and yes– frozen will work just fine– just give them a few more mins to cook through!
Does normal coconut milk work?
Made this last week and it was sooooo good! Thank you for taking the time to create these amazing recipes for us to enjoy!