One Pot Braised Chicken With Coconut Milk Tomato And Ginger Recipes

CHICKEN BRAISED WITH WHITE POPPY SEEDS, COCONUT MILK AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Break cardamom pods open, and knock out small black seeds. Discard pods. In clean spice grinder, process cardamom and poppy seeds to fine meal. Transfer to bowl, fluff and separate any small clumps with fingertips. Set aside.
• Drain tomatoes, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Seed tomatoes, and julienne. Set aside.
• Dry chicken thighs on paper towel. Heat almond oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet. Add chicken, and cook until well browned, turning once. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, transfer to a plate and set aside.
• In same skillet, saute onions over medium heat until brown, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes. Stir in ground seeds, garlic, ginger, chilies, garam masala, tomato paste and reserved juice, and saute, stirring frequently until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Add coconut milk, chicken broth and tomatoes to pan, and bring to simmer. Return chicken thighs to sauce, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer until chicken is tender, about 15 minutes. Put chicken on warm platter, turn heat to high, and simmer sauce, stirring often, until it will coat the back of a spoon, 5 to 7 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon salt or more. Stir cilantro into sauce; spoon sauce over chicken. Serve with basmati rice and, if desired, wedges of lime.

COCONUT-BRAISED CHICKEN THIGHS WITH TURMERIC AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a large, deep skillet, heat the oil over medium. In a small bowl, combine the coriander with 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Pat the chicken dry using paper towels, then rub the seasoning all over the chicken. Add the chicken to the skillet, skin-side down, and cook until starting to heat through on one side, 10 minutes. Raise the heat to medium-high and continue to cook, without flipping, until skin is well browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate, browned-side up.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the scallions, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, turmeric and lime leaves, if using, and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Stir in the stock and coconut milk and bring to a boil over high. Add the chicken, browned-side up, and cook over medium-low until cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes for thighs or 30 to 35 minutes for legs. (Chicken is cooked through when a thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 165 degrees, or the juices run clear without a trace of pink when chicken is pierced with a knife.)
• Transfer the chicken to a plate, browned-side up. Whisk the sauce in the skillet to emulsify, season to taste with salt and pepper, then add the sliced peppers and cook over medium just until slightly softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Return the chicken to the skillet, browned-side up, and add a few small sprigs cilantro on top of the sauce, for garnish.
• Serve with rice or noodles, and pass bowls of cilantro at the table, for seasoning to taste.

ONE-POT BRAISED CHICKEN WITH COCONUT MILK, TOMATO AND GINGER

Steps:

• Pat chicken thighs dry and season with salt and pepper. In a deep 12-inch skillet, heat the oil over medium-high. When the oil shimmers, add the chicken thighs, skin-side down, and cook, undisturbed, until nicely browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Flip and brown the other side, 4 to 5 minutes more. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
• Turn heat to medium-low, add the onion and cook until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger, cumin, cinnamon and red-pepper flakes, and cook until the garlic and the spices are fragrant, about 1 minute. Season with salt.
• Add the tomatoes with their juices and the coconut milk, and stir until combined, scraping up any brown bits that have formed at the bottom of the pan. Nestle the chicken back into the skillet along with any juices that have accumulated. Simmer, uncovered, until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has thickened slightly, 15 to 20 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Divide the rice, if using, among bowls and plate the chicken on top, spooning additional sauce over it. Scatter with cilantro and a squeeze of lime, if you like.