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Chicken Coconut Curry Recipe
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Peppery, sweet Ginger titillates the taste-buds in this dish. Curry, too, of course, but ginger deserves some mad props for its mad health perks. Not a spice, but an herb, the Chinese people have long-known the myriad health benefits of this rhizome, including but not limited to: increased metabolic rate & improved circulation.
A natural anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic, too, it cures nausea, promoting sweating, and expectoration, thereby improving any respiratory problems one might have. A natural relief for headaches, asthma, and colds, it also works topically to relieve muscle cramps and strains. And here you thought Ginger was just the sexy redhead on Gilligan's Island!
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The Ingredients:
Recipe in Rebus:
Cook Time
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ready in: 1 hour
Yields: serves 4-6, depending on how hungry. :)
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken on the bone, breasts & thighs
- 14 oz coconut milk
- 2 cups NS chicken stock
- 2-4 TBSP. olive oil
- 2 TBSP. butter, or butter substitute
- thick finger ginger root, grated
- ½ - 1 bulb garlic, minced
- 1 cup shallots, minced
- ¼ cup cilantro, minced
- 1 TBSP. sugar
- 2 TBSP. flour
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 2-4 TBSP. curry, (I like a LOT of curry, but you can be less generous if you like)
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- pinch All-Spice
How to Do It:
- Heat to sizzling a combination of olive oil and butter in large frying pan.
- Place breasts and thighs (with skins!) into pan.
- Cook @ 3-4 minutes each side, depending on thickness.
- Place in bowl to catch the drippings, and set aside. Once cool, remove and discard the skins, and pull chicken from bones into bite-size pieces.
- Using the same grease you cooked the chicken in, put shallots in pan, and cook about 1-2 minutes. Careful these don't burn, since burnt shallots are bitter, baby!
- Go ahead and add the ginger, and cook another minute. Add the drippings from the cooked chicken now, too.
- Add the garlic and cook still another minute.
- add flour, and cook a quasi-roux - when you smell a "bread-like" smell, it's time to add the liquids. (This takes about 1-2 minutes, usually)
- Add the coconut milk and stir.
- Add the chicken stock and stir.
- Add curry and stir. TIP: if you rub the spice between your palms first, it really brings out the flavor of the curry. Kinda "wakes" it up!
- Add a little sugar.
- Add cayenne.
- Add cinnamon.
- Add cumin.
- Add All-Spice - but just a little, since a bit of this potent spice goes a l-o-n-g way!
- Pepper to taste.
- Add cilantro, and mix well.
- Add pulled chicken, and mix well. Simmer for a few minutes, and remove from heat.
- Serve on a bed of quinoa, rice, Chinese noodles or cous-cous. Add a salad and a green veggie, and you're sitting pretty. :)
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