Pressure cooker green curry with chicken and vegetables is quick and easy to make! This flavor-packed dinner recipe is easy to adapt and requires no more than 30 minutes to prepare.

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Thai food is arguably my favorite comfort food, and I thoroughly enjoy making it at home! If you have followed some of my other curry recipes, you know that while I do adore creating my own spice blends for Thai curry, I am also partial to keeping it simply by using curry paste. 

I find a simple combination of coconut milk, ginger, curry paste, any animal protein Iโ€™m craving and seasonal vegetables make for a belly-warming, ultra satisfying curry that is both made on-the-cheap and also very healthful! 

When I get a wild hair, I also enjoy throwing in fresh basil and some fish sauce for added flavor.

In addition to the fact that this green curry turns out tasting remarkable, it is so quick to prepare in the pressure cooker!

Indeed, this recipe requires less than 30 minutes to prepare from start-to-finish! You can whip it up any evening after work or use it as meal prep for the week.

I use my 10 QT Crock-Pot Express Easy Steam Release Pressure Cooker to make this recipe, which is completely goof-proof. Because the pressure cooker holds so much, you can easily double, triple, quadruple this recipe and throw a feast! Truly, if you havenโ€™t tried your hand at the art of pressure cooking, I can assure you it is easy and not at all intimidating.

Letโ€™s hop to it!

How to Make Pressure Cooker Green Curry:

Begin by browning the chicken. To do so, plug in the pressure cooker and press โ€œSaute.โ€ Add the avocado oil and the chopped chicken. Cook stirring occasionally, until chicken has browned and is nearly cooked through, about 3 to 5 minutes.

While the chicken is browning, prepare the green curry sauce by adding the coconut milk, green curry paste, basil, ginger, and sea salt to a blender. Blend until completely smooth.

Add the green curry sauce to the pressure cooker, along with the chopped vegetables. Stir until everything is well-combined, then secure the lid on the pressure cooker. Press โ€œManual Pressureโ€ and set the time for 8 minutes. Keep the vent sealed.

Once the pressure cooker has finished its course, manually release the pressure.

Serve curry with choice of white rice, brown rice, or cauliflower rice.

Recipe Adaptations:

  • If you don’t follow a Low-FODMAP diet, you can add 1/2 yellow onion (chopped) and 3 to 5 cloves of garlic (minced).
  • Swap out any of the vegetables for your favorite veggies. Cauliflower, butternut squash, and/or sweet potato would be great!
  • Make it AIP by omitting the red bell pepper. Instead of blending the coconut milk with the green curry paste, blend it with 1 cup fresh basil.
  • Swap out the green curry paste for red curry paste or 1.5 tablespoons yellow curry powder in order to made red or yellow curry. You can also use panang curry paste!

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Pressure Cooker Thai Green Curry

5 from 2 votes
An easy green curry recipe made quickly in a pressure cooker
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 5 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp avocado oil
  • 1 1/2 lbs boneless chicken thighs chopped
  • 1 15-ounce can coconut milk
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce optional
  • 2 Tbsp green curry paste
  • 1/4 cup fresh basil
  • 1 1-inch nub fresh ginger, peeled and grated
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 red bell pepper cored and chopped
  • 1 yellow squash chopped
  • 1 crown broccoli chopped
  • 2 large carrots peeled and chopped

Instructions

  • Plug in the pressure cooker and press โ€œSautรฉ.โ€ Add the avocado oil and the chopped chicken. Cook stirring occasionally, until chicken has browned and is nearly cooked through, about 3 to 5 minutes.
  • While the chicken is browning, chop the vegetables and set aside.
  • Prepare the green curry sauce by adding the coconut milk, green curry paste, basil, ginger, and sea salt to a blender. Blend until completely smooth.
  • Add the green curry sauce to the pressure cooker, along with the chopped vegetables. Stir until everything is well-combined, then secure the lid on the pressure cooker. Press โ€œManual Pressureโ€ and set the time for 7 minutes. Keep the vent sealed.
  • Once the pressure cooker has finished its course, manually release the pressure.
  • Serve curry with choice of white rice, brown rice, or cauliflower rice.

Notes

Nutrition facts calculated without rice.

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 5 ยท Calories: 267kcal ยท Carbohydrates: 11g ยท Protein: 30g ยท Fat: 10g ยท Fiber: 5g ยท Sugar: 5g
Author: Julia
Course: Main Dishes
Cuisine: Thai
Keyword: gluten free, healthy dinner, paleo, soy free, thai curry, thai food
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Julia Mueller is a recipe developer, cookbook author, and founder of The Roasted Root. She has authored three bestselling cookbooks, – Paleo Power Powers, Delicious Probiotic Drinks, and The Quintessential Kale Cookbook. Her recipes have been featured in several national publications such as BuzzFeed, Self, Tasty, Country Living, Brit.co, etc.

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Questions and Reviews

  1. The green curry paste listed has garlic in it which is a fodmap. Are you sure this is a lowfodmap dish?

    1. Hi Megan, in my experience, the higher-fodmap ingredients in curry paste aren’t enough to cause an IBS reaction. This is likely because in order to be considered high-FODMAP, a meal would need to go beyond a certain threshold of fermentable carbs. In this sense, there probably isn’t enough total fermentable carb in the meal to be problematic. This is purely based on my experience eating it and not having a reaction and the fact that there’s a certain threshold of FODMAPs the body will tolerate before it reacts. I hope this makes sense! All of that said, if you know you’re very sensitive to garlic and will react to even the tiniest amount, it would be best to skip the curry paste. What I’ve done in the past is add fresh basil and a little lime juice instead of curry paste, which gives a little exotic flavor, so that is an option too! xoxo

  2. The flavors were all very delicious but the broccoli cooked away to nothing and the rest of the veg were smush. If I try this again Iโ€™ll cook for 3 minutes but I wouldnโ€™t use broccoli.

  3. I have been shy at making Thai food and curry dishes because of the heat that they sometimes have. But, this looks delicious and healthy. We will have to try this out. You have tempted me to the point that my reluctance is overcome!