I made curry

I have never cooked curry before, in fact I have hardly ever eaten curry. But on Friday I stumbed across this recipe for Yellow Curry Chicken with Basmati Rice, it looked so good I had to make it. My photo is no where near as good as the original recipe, but it tasted good! I actually followed the recipe rather closely, making a few small adjustments along the way. The potatoes in the photo are not part of the recipe – they are just yukon golds roasted in the oven with Lipton Onion Soup mix – always a hit.

Yellow Curry Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 lb skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 3 Tablespoons olive oil
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
• 1 (14-oz.) can light unsweetened coconut milk
• 2 Tablespoons curry powder
• 2 teaspoons red curry paste
• Fresh ground pepper
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1½ cups green beans, cut into 1-inch segments
• Fresh cilantro
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

Preparation

1. Heat 2 Tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat in a large saute pan. Place the chicken and 1 teaspoon salt in the pan and saute until golden brown.
2. Remove the browned chicken and set it aside.
3. Coat the pan with the remaining 1 Tablespoon of olive oil and reduce the heat to low. Add the cumin seeds, onion, garlic and ginger. Saute for 3 minutes.
4. Return the pan to medium heat, add the coconut milk to the saucepan then whisk in the curry powder, paste, pepper and remaining salt.
5. Let the curry simmer and thicken for about 3 minutes.
6. Stir in the peas and green beans then bring the saucepan to a boil.
7. Reduce the heat to medium, return the browned chicken to the pan and let simmer for 5 minutes.
8. Add fresh limes juice and chopped cilantro. Serve over basmati rice

Next time I would like to replace part of the coconut milk with chicken broth to save calories. And add a little red curry to increase the heat.



2 Responses to “I made curry”

1. dan says:

   March 5, 2009 at 1:58 pm

   Ah thai curry not indian curry
2. sherzy says:

   March 5, 2009 at 2:08 pm

   Maybe not, but its gooooood.