Micronesian Coconut Chicken Curry Recipes

COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Combine curry powder, cinnamon, cumin, turmeric, coriander, nutmeg, paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, cloves, allspice, and bay leaves in a large skillet. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, allowing the oils in the spices to activate. Pour olive oil into the skillet and add onion. Cook and stir until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, ginger, sugar, and salt; cook and stir for 5 minutes.
• Add chicken pieces, coconut milk, yogurt, and butter to the skillet. Bring to a boil, slightly reduce heat, and simmer until sauce reduces to desired thickness, about 30 minutes.
• Remove and discard bay leaves. Stir in lime juice and serve with lime wedges on the side.

CURRIED COCONUT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Season chicken pieces with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil and curry powder in a large skillet over medium-high heat for two minutes. Stir in onions and garlic, and cook 1 minute more. Add chicken, tossing lightly to coat with curry oil. Reduce heat to medium, and cook for 7 to 10 minutes, or until chicken is no longer pink in center and juices run clear.
• Pour coconut milk, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and sugar into the pan, and stir to combine. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, approximately 30 to 40 minutes.

MICRONESIAN COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• In a frying pan, fry the cut chicken until light brown. Next, fry potatoes and carrots, then set aside.
• In a sauce pan, saute garlic, onions and ginger in cooking oil for 2 minutes.
• Add the chicken, coconut milk, curry powder and chili powder. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add potatoes, carrots, red and green bell peppers and continue to simmer for another 5 minutes or until soft.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve hot with steamed rice.

COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY - CROCK POT

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium fry pan.
• Add chicken breasts and brown on both sides.
• Place potatoes and onion in crock pot.
• Place chicken breasts on top.
• Combine coconut milk, salt, pepper, curry powder, hot sauce and chicken broth in a bowl and stir thoroughly.
• Add to crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours.
• One half hour before serving, add peas on top of chicken mixture.
• Just before serving, stir mixture thoroughly and sprinkle with toasted coconut if using.
• Serve over rice or Asian noodles, if desired.

COCONUT CURRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place the chicken breasts between two sheets of heavy plastic (resealable freezer bags work well) on a solid, level surface. Firmly pound the chicken with the smooth side of a meat mallet to a thickness of about 1/2 inch. Sprinkle the chicken on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet over high heat, and pan-fry the chicken breasts until the meat is no longer pink, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken breasts to a plate.
• Reduce the heat to medium; stir the green onions and curry paste into the skillet, and cook for 1 minute, stirring frequently. Pour the broth into the skillet, and scrape up and dissolve any brown flavor bits in the skillet with a spoon. Bring the mixture to a full boil, and cook until the mixture has thickened into a glaze, about 10 minutes; pour in the coconut milk, bring back to a boil, and cook until thickened, about 10 more minutes. Mix the lime juice into the sauce, and stir in any juices that have collected from the chicken. Return the chicken breasts to the pan, spoon sauce over the chicken, and simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle with cilantro to serve.

COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Put Madras curry paste into a cold deep frying pan. When paste becomes fragrant and starts to sizzle, add diced chicken meat until browned.
• Remove chicken from frying pan and set aside.
• Put oil into pan and add diced onion and minced garlic.
• Cook until soft.
• Add chopped red peppers, or whatever veggies you might have hanging around that need to be used up. Use whatever strikes your fancy. Cook until slightly soft.
• Add chicken to vegetable mix, and stir in the coconut milk.
• Add salt, pepper and chili flakes if required.
• Simmer over low-medium heat for at least 20 minutes to let flavours blend.
• 20 minutes is *just* enough time to check email and have a glass of red while the man runs up to the local corner Indian joint for hot, fresh, cheap, authentic naan bread!).
• Stir occasionally, pour more wine and serve with piping hot naan bread and basmati rice.

COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat half the oil in a wok and stir fry chicken, in batches, til lightly browned; remove chicken from wok.
• Heat remaining oil and stir fry onion, garlic and ginger until onion softens. Add spices and stir fry briefly til fragrant.
• Add tomato; stir fry til just softened; return chicken to wok with remaining ingredients and stir til heated through.
• Serve with homemade naan or chappatis.

QUICK COCONUT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Add lemongrass to the bowl of a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add ginger, jalapeños, scallions and garlic and pulse until fine. Add onion and pulse until coarsely chopped. Do not overprocess or mixture will become pureed.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large dutch oven over high heat. Season chicken thighs with salt and add to dutch oven. Sear until deeply golden, about 3 minutes per side. If necessary, saute in batches, adding more oil as necessary. Remove and transfer to a plate.
• Lower heat to medium-low and add one tablespoon oil to the pot. Add onion mixture and cook, stirring frequently, for 3 minutes. Add curry powder and continue to cook until vegetables are tender and fragrant, about 5 minutes more. Add chicken stock, coconut milk, rice, and 1 ½ teaspoons salt and nestle chicken into liquid.
• Cover and bring to a simmer over low heat. Cover and let cook, about 25 minutes, or until rice is tender, stirring after 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit covered, 5 minutes.
• While chicken cooks, wipe out the food processor and add cilantro to the bowl. Pulse until finely chopped.
• Stir cilantro into the curry and serve, garnished with lime wedges, additional sprigs of cilantro, and toasted coconut shavings.