There is something about the delicate blend of zucchini and cranberries with the exotic flavor of the coconut oil that make this dish particularly delectable and a little festive.
I prefer to use unsweetened cranberries as the zucchini is mild and sweet and I’m not overly fond of super sweet dishes but they are not always easy to find.
This dish is easy to make and ready in no time.
Bon apétit!
Cranberry Zucchini Chicken in Coconut
Cranberries and zucchini are the perfect pair in this simple, festive dish. Ready in no time it's sure to delight everyone at your table.
Servings 4
Calories 356kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 tbsp coconut oil
- 8 chicken tenderloins
- 4 medium zucchnis
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 to 2 shallots, minced
- 1/2 cup organic dried cranberries unsweetened is best
- 1/4 cup coconut milk with the fat substitute with heavy cream if desired
Instructions
- In a large skillet melt coconut oil. On high heat quickly brown chicken tenderloins on both sides.Cut zucchini into quarters length wise, then cube. Reduce heat and add zucchini and minced shallots to chicken tenderloins. Add chicken broth. Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through and zucchini is tender - about 25 minutes.Add cranberries and cream and heat through. For a lighter, dairy free option replace heavy cream with almond milk.Serve warm alone or with quinoa or wild rice, and a green salad.Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition per serving: Carbs 23g - Fat 9g - Protein 46g
This cranberry zucchini and coconut milk chicken looks delish!!!! This will be a must try!!!
Thanks Lynn!!! Please come back and let me know how you liked it 🙂 Happy Holidays!
This looks really good. I was just looking for a new chicken recipe.
Yay Terry! Enjoy!
What a yummy recipe you have here, I am sure I will try this , I love that you added zuccini and cranberries to this recipe. I do see a yummly button to share .
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Thanks Dotty! I’m so happy you approve of all the ingredients and are excited to make this. Enjoy!
I can’t wait to try this! I lave chicken with coconut and the cranberries will add more deliciousness
Yay Judy! The cranberries do add a lovely touch. Enjoy!
I have never cooked with coconut milk but this looks really good. I bet I could pass it off on hubby too, whenever I say coconut, he cringes…lol. Thank you and Happy Holidays!
Oh no Kathleen! Funny my hubby isn’t a huge fan of coconut except when it is fresh but he LOVES this dish. Hopefully your hubby will too. Worse case, if her won’t touch it with coconut swap that for regular cream… I don’t know anyone who can resist that 😉
It’s nice to have the option to print a recipe out, a lot of pages don’t give that option. I I’ll have to give this to my mom to try.. she’s a better Cook than I am.
Thanks Rebecca. It’s easy to make the recipe printable so I’m surprised a lot of pages don’t offer that. I’m thrilled you like the recipe. Thanks for sharing with your mom and Bon Apétit!
I love cooking with coconut milk. Add cranberries and its a done deal. This looks amazingly delicious. Thank you for sharing this!
You are most welcome Lanie. I would love for you to share some other recipes with coconut milk… I think it automatically makes a dish taste gourmet!
That actually looks really good. I would love to give it a try. It would be something different.
It’s a fun, exotic and flavorful twist on a dish that could be super boring Sandra. Enjoy!
This sounds delicious! Love cranberries.
Thanks Adriane. I love cranberries as well and love to find fun ways to enjoy them 🙂
Thank you for sharing. I have never tried this recipe but it looks delicious.
You are most welcome Denise. It’s super yummy and super easy. Enjoy!
Sounds delicious!
Thanks Amanda 🙂
With my teen home from college and her best friend spending time here, I need no recipes to make. This looks easy and very tasty.
It’s one of those recipes that takes little time to make but tastes like you’ve been in the kitchen for hours Barrie 😉 Enjoy having your teen home!!
Love the combination of cranberries and coconut with chicken ! awesome
Thank you Indrani 🙂
Oh why oh why won’t my husband try things like this. I think I would get addicted to this and be making it all the time. Perhaps, I will try it if he goes to visit relatives through the holidays. Hope mine turns out as good as the picture
Aww Tamra I feel your pain… My husband, thank God, eats just about everything… My kids… not always. This has been an overwhelming winner and I do believe yours will turn out absolutely delicious! I hope you get to make it soon 🙂 Bon Apétit!
thank you for sharing
You are most welcome Sihem.
I’ll have to try it out. Thanks.
You are most welcome Danielle. Enjoy!
Always looking for a different way to fix chicken.Thanks.
You are most welcome Tiffany. Enjoy!
Such a beautiful and festive dish! I love the way it looks!
Aww thanks Betsy! Enjoy!
This combination looks and sounds so great. I love recipes that have different components like sweet and savory!
Thanks Staria, I love combining ingredients you wouldn’t necessarily thing of putting together 🙂 The cranberry and zucchini pairing turned out to be quite scrumptious!
Chicken, cranberries & coconut… toss in zucchini to balance it all & what’s not to love about this recipe!?!? Thanks so much as plan on making it & sharing recipes with others as well!
Woohoo Estella! I love your enthusiasm about this recipe. Enjoy and thanks for sharing!!!
This does look great…but I’m trying to think of something to use besides zucchini, lol. I’m just not a fan of zucchini. Actually, my Mom loves zucchini, though, so I could just eat around it, lol.
Oh how can you not like zucchini Tamra?? I love it but if you’re not a fan you could replace with another vegetable. Black kale would probably be a good substitute if you like kale. It’s got good texture and a great flavor profile that I think would pair up nicely with the cranberries and the coconut. I think I’ll give it a try and perhaps add it as a suggestion for changing up this recipe. Thanks for asking 🙂
This sounds delicious and easy to prepare. I am trying to start 2017 off by eating better and this looks yummy and healthy.
Yay Brigid! I wish you all the best in sticking to a healthy diet! This is one of many recipes you’ll find on my blog that are super easy, super tasty and super healthy! Happy 2017
I can’t wait to make this for my family! This looks like a keeper!
Yay Angela! I hope your family loves it as much as mine does! It’s such a simple way to make a scrumptious meal any time and make your family feel like royalty 😉
This recipe sounds yummy. I love cooking with cranberries and adding zucchini with chicken sounds so good,
Thanks Belinda. It’s a super simple recipe and the flavor combination is just right… not overwhelming but super pleasing on the palate 🙂
Wow!! What a refreshing, delicious and fun mix of flavors!! Its sounds like such a great dish!! I am pinning so I can make it!! Yum!
Thanks Amber! I love your enthusiasm 🙂 It is quite a special dish and the best part is how easy it is to make. Enjoy!
Sounds delicious! Will have to try this recipe!
Thank you Sherry! I hope you love it as much as we do!
I’ve never used coconut in my meals for cooking. It must taste really delicious and healthier using coconut. My husband loves zucchini and I love chicken what a great mixture.
Oh you are going to love using coconut for cooking Tara! It is a healthy oil with so many incredible benefits! And I LOVE the taste! I hope your family enjoys this dish as much as mine does 🙂
This sounds really great–I’ve bookmarked it. Thanks!
Thank YOU Kara! Let me know how it turns out.
Yummy recipe, i love it… hope to have it very soon… thanks.
You are most welcome Maria and thank you!
Can’t wait to try this it looks yummy
Enjoy Jan! It’s a family favorite 🙂
nice combination
Thanks Asep.
Flavors I wouldn’t have thought of combining! Looks good and easy to make.
I love to play around with unlikely flavor combinations Roxanne… It’s a fun way to change things up a little and come up with new family favorites 🙂
this looks so yummy and I love the zing of the cranberry to really perk up the flavor of the coconut and chicken
Thanks Monique. It’s such a simple recipe and a real flavorful dish.
making that tonight looks yummy
Yay Marlene! Enjoy!!!
I would never have thought of this combination. This dish sounds really great!
Thanks Debbie! Those flavors all blend together really nicely.
Yummy! This is an interesting combination of flavors, I never would have thought of it! I am definitely always looking for new ways to cook boring chicken! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
There certainly is nothing boring about this chicken Lauryn! I’m glad you are intrigued by this flavor combo… just be careful… it gets a little addictive 😉
This looks delicious.
Thanks MaryAnn 🙂
What an awesome combination of flavors, this is a must try recipe. Love everything about this recipe.
Thank you Geri. Enjoy!
Looks delicious!
Thanks Nettie 🙂
Interesting flavors in this. Easy to make.
It is super easy to make Sarah and those flavors blend beautifully 🙂
This sounds really yummy. I am working on eating healthier and it is always fun to find a recipe that sounds so yummy, but has good quality ingredients.
Yay Kelly for committing to healthy eating! I hope you’ll find that eating healthy can be super easy AND super tasty!!! Wishing you a scrumptious 2017!!!
Thank you for sharing. We eat a lot of chicken . I think I will give this recipe a try.
You are most welcome Denise. Let me know how you like it 🙂
Thank you for sharing! This looks delish!
You are most welcome Angela! Enjoy!
Is the coconut flavor strong? I’m not very fond of coconut.
You can cut back on the coconut milk if you don’t care for the flavor Sarah, or replace it with regular creme.
I think I can make this dish this weekend since zucchini is now in season here. I might replace the chicken with beef tenderloin.
Yay Agnes!! I’m blessed to be in LA where we have an abundance of fresh zucchini available year round but there is something about eating with the seasons…This is certainly a fin way to do that. Enjoy!
Such a lovely recipe! This would be perfect for hubby and I to cook together when we have a stay at home date night!
What a scrumptious idea Betsy! I love that you cook together. so sweet!
WOW! This looks so good! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
You are most welcome Terri! Enjoy!
This cranberry zucchini looks and sounds delicious, definitely going to make this or my family. I loved that you used coconut milk.
This the best healthy recipe for Cranberry, Zucchini Chicken in Coconut Milk I have ever seen!
Thank you so much Ron!!! Enjoy!
This is a really unique combination. It sounds and looks delicious though. I love coconut milk in a sauce.
Coconut milk gives it such an exotic and delicate flavor Kristi. It’s so simple and so scrumptious!
I love all of these ingredients
Me too Phyllis and they are even yummier together. Enjoy!
What an interesting mix of flavors!! Id really like to try this!! All things we love!!
This sounds like a complex flavor profile ,sounds good though 🙂
So after seeing this recipe a few days ago, I decided I had to try making it ,it was a huge hit and a definite make again.
Yay April! That makes me so happy! Thanks for taking the time to come back, rate the recipe and leaved this comment. 🙂 🙂
Quite a twist with these ingredients, I bet it tastes great.
It’s a fabulous dish Calvin and super easy to make. Enjoy!
This looks and sounds delicious
Yummy is all I can say
Thanks Deborah!