Coconut Milk Meets Miso in This Comforting Recipe for Braised Chicken and Chickpeas

The salty, umami-packed paste adds funky flavor to a rich, creamy braising broth

Coconut-miso chicken and chickpeas with ginger rice, topped with crispy shallots and garlic. Photo by Caroline Chambers

I absolutely love coconut curry. Those flavors have already inspired a soup and grilled steak bowls for this column, and so many more recipes on my personal site. 

But not one of these recipes is a straightforward Thai coconut curry. Rather, they pull out the flavors that I love from a traditional curry dish, and spin them into entirely new things.