Cast Iron Chicken Thighs in Creamy Tomato Sauce

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This Cast Iron Chicken Thighs in Creamy Tomato Sauce will be your new favorite dinner. This easy paleo chicken thigh recipe is made with simple ingredients that the whole family will love! ! It’s dairy and gluten free!

This Cast Iron Coconut Milk Chicken with dairy free creamy tomato sauce has a perfect mix of flavor that will leave your mouth watering for more!  It’s sauce has a perfect mix of tomato and coconut for a creamy delicious topping for your chicken.  Plus, the texture of the sauce is not too thick and not too thin, it’s just perfect!   

The chicken thighs alone have a great juicy flavor, and when you add it to this delightful coconut creamy tomato sauce, it makes even better!  It is sure to be a dish that the whole family will love and enjoy eating! 

Also, with this creamy chicken recipe being made with simple ingredients makes it perfect for a weeknight dinner option! 

Ingredients for Cast Iron Chicken Thighs

• chicken thighs
• avocado oil
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• cumin
• turmeric
• salt
• pepper

Ingredients for the homemade dairy free tomato sauce

• fire roasted tomatoes
• stewed tomatoes
• coconut milk
• salt
• pepper
• garlic

How to make Cast Iron Chicken Thighs in Creamy Tomato Sauce

Mix together the garlic, onion, cumin, turmeric, salt and pepper.  This will be the rub for the chicken.  Use a large frying pan, add oil to pan.

Heat the oil in the pan over medium heat.  Test it by sprinkle a little salt into it.  If it sizzles its ready.

While the oil is heating, coat the chicken in the dry rub. 

Once the oil comes to temp, place the chicken in carefully. 

Next, brown the chicken by cooking it about 4-5 minutes on each side, the skin should be golden brown.

When the chicken is finished, remove the chicken and set aside.  Put your canned tomatoes into a blender and blend well, then set aside. 

Pour the coconut into the pan and stir as it thickens for about 2 min.

At this point, add in the tomatoes followed by the rest of ingredients. 

Let the sauce come to boil and then reduce the sauce to med low heat. 

Place chicken back into pan and simmer for 20 min, cooking the chicken until an internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165F.

What to serve with Cast Iron Chicken Thighs in Creamy Tomato Sauce 

These creamy chicken thighs can pair with any side dish you would like!  It will especially pair well with zoodles or low carb noodles like Palmini low carb linguine or this low carb pasta from The Great Low Carb Breead Company!  

You can even serve this dish with Instant Pot cauliflower rice or your favorite low carb vegetable dish. Again, you can use the delicious sauce to drizzle over your rice or veggies for a little more flavor.

Or serve it with Instant Pot Mashed Cauliflower! The sauce can almost act like a gravy and you can drizzle it all over! Plus, the cauli mash will be cooking all hands off while you make this yummy skillet chicken dish.

Again, you could try drizzling just a little bit of the sauce over your favorite vegetable if you have picky eaters and are trying to get them to eat more vegetables like these Garlicky Cast Iron Green Beans.

Tips for cast iron chicken thighs

• If you have some leftovers, place them in glass containers along with some sauce to have for lunch the next day.
• Try putting so of the sauce on your favorite low carb pasta or cauliflower rice!
• If you don’t have coconut milk on hand you can substitute it with heavy whipping cream, it just won’t be paleo anymore.

Other Low Carb Chicken Recipes you might enjoy

• Keto Instant Pot Crack Chicken Recipe
• The Best Leftover Chicken Bone Broth Soup Recipe!
• Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs with Creamy Mustard Sauce
• Instant Pot Chicken Curry – Thai Green Curry Recipe

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Cast Iron Chicken Thighs in Creamy Tomato Sauce

This Cast Iron Chicken Thighs in Creamy Tomato Sauce will be your new favorite dinner. This easy paleo chicken thigh recipe is made with simple ingredients that the whole family will love! ! It's dairy and gluten free!

Course One Pan Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword cast iron chicken thighs, cast iron chicken thighs in creamy tomato sauce, paleo chicken thighs

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 349 kcal

Author Lara

Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 4-6 chicken thighs bone in, skin on
• 4 Tbsp avocado oil
• 1/4 garlic powder
• 1/4 onion powder
• 1/8 Tsp cumin
• 1/8 Tsp turmeric
• 1/4 Tsp Salt
• 1/4 Tsp pepper

Sauce:

• 14 oz can of fire roasted tomatoes
• 14 oz can of stewed tomatoes
• 7 oz coconut milk
• 1 Tsp salt
• 1 Tsp pepper
• 3-4 cloves of garlic

Instructions

1. Mix together the garlic, onion, cumin, turmeric, salt and pepper. This a rub for the chicken.

2. Use a large frying pan, add oil to pan. Heat over medium heat. Test it by sprinkle a little salt into it. If it sizzles its ready.

3. While the oil is heating coat the chicken in the dry rub

4. Once the oil comes to temp place the chicken in carefully. Brown chicken by cooking it about 4-5 minutes on each side-skin should be golden brown.

5. Remove chicken and set aside

6. Put your canned tomatoes into a blender and blend well set aside.

7. Pour the coconut into the pan stir as it thickens about 2 min.

8. At this point add in the tomatoes followed by the rest of ingredients. Let sauce come to boil.

9. Reduce sauce to med low heat.

10. Place chicken back into pan and simmer for 20 min. Cook until internal temp of chicken is 165F.

Recipe Notes

If you don't have coconut milk on hand you can substitute it with heavy whipping cream 1 for 1, it just won't be Paleo.

Nutrition Facts

Cast Iron Chicken Thighs in Creamy Tomato Sauce

Amount Per Serving

Calories 349 Calories from Fat 261

% Daily Value*

Fat 29g45%

Saturated Fat 11g69%

Cholesterol 74mg25%

Sodium 795mg35%

Potassium 370mg11%

Carbohydrates 9g3%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 4g4%

Protein 14g28%

Vitamin A 437IU9%

Vitamin C 7mg8%

Calcium 57mg6%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.