Sticky Coconut Chicken and Rice Recipe (2024)

Didn’t have any short grain rice so I used basmati rice and it worked great! Grocery store didn’t have boneless skinless thighs so I just deboned regular thighs and kept the skin. Happened to have TJ’s Thai lime and chili cashews and they added the perfect amount of spice. Pretty flavorful recipe- would make again!

We don't eat chicken, but this was great with tempeh (sliced & cooked atop the rice; no initial browning). I used two peppers for more veg and added a few shakes of tumeric for color.

Used chickpeas instead of chicken. Added half jalapeño with garlic and ginger. Added yellow and orange peppers eppers and broccoli. Used jasmine rice and cooked for 15 min. Really good!

Somehow I have 4 different types of rice, but no short grain. Anyone have any thoughts on using long grain white rice instead?

Anyone sub with breasts?

Made this last night with the following changed suggested by others: I doubled the garlic and ginger, and used jasmine rice, light coconut milk, and added 1 Tbs garam masala, 1 Tbs fish sauce, and 1 seeded jalapeño pepper to the rice and broth. Those changes made it anything but bland, it was a delicious hit! Will definitely make it again, and it was easy. A great recipe that you can tailor to your liking with all sorts of additions or substitutions. Five stars!

Loved this, definitely add hot sauce, which I would never have guessed to do. I'd double the ginger, salt liberally, and add a half cup of raisins which added some sweet depth. I used Calrose rice. This is really good and really easy.

I had a friend from Afghanistan who made this dish, and called it Bor Pilau. Some carrots add color when thrown in about halfway through cooking.And when I was in college, the Fanny Farmer cookbook has a very similar recipe made with chicken or pork chops, and deemed it South American. Guess a good idea is a good idea the world over.

Made with basmati rice. Loved it with green Tabasco. Extremely easy, and it was the best new recipe I’ve made in a while.

Very important to use large crystal kosher salt in this measurement. Substituting fine grain sea or table salt adds more sodium, simply because fine grain salt will amount to greater volume.

This was beyond the beyond of bland. I added turmeric, cumin and coriander and still so boring. I see why it recommends hot sauce

Has anyone tried this on the stove top with no oven?

I’d use gochujang.

Made this on the stove top...worked out very well. Serving with wedges of lime and hot sauce

Solid recipe that’s on the bland side without the hot sauce. I stirred in Sirachi, but think adding some red pepper flakes to the ginger sauté might add the needed heat. I chopped my cashews too fine; larger pieces would have added more crunch. Good enough to make again, and delicious for lunch the next day.

can I make this with chicken breasts

Very boring. Needed more than 1 pepper at least, otherwise it’s just chicken and rice.

Allergic to coconut... any thoughts on what I can substitute instead of the coconut milk? The rest sounds perfect!

Like all NYT recipes, I doubled the spices and garlic. (To be honest, American recipes tend to be really bland and flavorless so I always add much more spice than recommended. And good salt helps as well!)

Perfection as written.

Cooked ginger rice separately. Used both thighs and breasts. Came out super tasty!

Add red curry paste

Add lime

I veganized this recipe using Daring chik'n, which browns beautifully, and vegetable broth. Fantastic result!

Used breasts because of preference, but other than that followed to a T. Delicious, will definitely make again.

This dish lacked flavor and the rice just became mush. Very disappointed.

This is on the rotation at my house. Easy to swap out sunflower or pumpkin seeds for cashews and a different herb for cilantro. Love this dish!

I made this for my mom she loved it, I think you could easily make this with 1 cup of rice

Completely flavourless. Boring. It would have benefitted from double garlic, salt and ginger, adding an onion and even with that - still dull.

I agree that the recipe needs tweaking as others have suggested. Another nice addition is chopped jalapeño or Serrano peppers.