Name: Thai Chili Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon unrefined coconut oil; 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast halves or thighs, cut into ½-inch pieces; 2 cups chopped onions; 2 sweet bell peppers, color of your choice, seeded, chopped; 1 (15.5 oz.) can white beans, drained, rinsed; 1 (14 oz.) can low-sodium chicken broth; 1 (4 oz.) can chopped green chilies; 1 (7 oz.) pouch Kevin’s Thai Coconut Sauce; 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro plus additional for garnish; sliced avocado and crumbled queso fresca

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Last Updated on October 5, 2025 by Lisa Keys

Bowl of Thai chicken chili topped with avocado and tortillas.

I'm excited to take part in the Eat Clean Live Happy Blogger Challenge sponsored by Kevin's Natural Foods. With the holidays here, I'm thrilled to share my bold new twist on Thai Chili Chicken. And yes, you can easily adapt it to use leftover turkey.

Aromatic and packed with flavor, this dish stars Kevin's Natural Foods Thai Coconut Sauce,made with creamy coconut milk, fragrant basil, and authentic Thai spices. You can have this healthy, vibrant meal on the table in under 30 minutes. Just sauté, sauce, and serve and get ready for rave reviews.

Pro Tips

Pro-tip: The bell pepper (or sweet pepper) is technically a colorful summer fruit. It is used as a vegetable due to its versatile role in the kitchen. The color of bell peppers changes from green to yellow, orange, and red the longer it is allowed to mature on the plant. The longer on the plant the sweeter it becomes.

How to make Thai Chili Chicken

First, cook chicken, onions and peppers in coconut oil until chicken is no longer pink.
Then, add beans, broth, chilies and coconut sauce.
Next, simmer for 15 minutes.
Finally, serve topped with fresh cilantro.

Start this recipe by sautéing some colorful peppers and onions in unrefined coconut oil. Green bell peppers have a slight bitterness to them that balances well with the sweetness of the orange peppers, but you can choose whatever peppers you like. My family loves fresh chicken thigh meat in this recipe, but if you want to use leftover cooked chicken or turkey go right ahead. Add 2 to 3 cups of bite-sized cooked poultry when you add the Thai coconut sauce.

Pro-tip: Sometimes called virgin coconut oil, unrefined coconut oil is oil that has been pressed from coconut meat and undergone no further processing.

Kevin's Natural Foods sauces come in 8 delicious flavors. The sauces are keto-paleo friendly, gluten, soy and dairy free. Further, they are truly inspiring clean products that will bring your recipes to the next level.