Archive for the ‘Chicken’ Category

Thai Chicken Curry (With Extra Kaffir Lime Leaves Please!!)


2010
07.13

So I have been craving this all day since I talked with my buddy Ali about different kinds of curry I enjoy and my newly attained Kaffir Lime tree from Four Winds Growers.

While their site was difficult to actually figure out HOW to buy the tree, at least for me, the shipping and received product made it more than worth the effort. The tree came with a great little booklet to get you started, and it has already doubled in size since I got it. I know I will get my moneys worth just from the bounty it will provide me this summer, and I hope to give it refuge indoors over the winter, to begin the process anew next spring. Time will tell if I have what it takes to keep this little guy alive. *fingers crossed*

So this is a very simple recipe but still one of my favorites. So here goes:

Ingredients

  • 1 tbs chopped ginger
  • 4-5 medium sized garlic cloves chopped
  • 1.5 lbs skinless chicken thighs
  • 1 large onion
  • 2 medium potatoes, cubed
  • 1/2 can of Maesri red curry paste
  • 1 can of JFC Coconut milk (seriously, don’t buy that Goya shit anymore)
  • 2 cups of freshly rendered chicken stock from last nights carcass… (or whatever you have)
  • 6 kaffir lime leaves (2-3 for mere mortals)

Directions

  1. Pop the onions, garlic and ginger in some olive oil on med high and cook until the onion is translucent.
  2. Add the curry paste and walk it around the pan a bit to get the garlic and kaffir lime rind all happy
  3. Add your chicken and stir, cooking just enough to lock in the chickeny goodness
  4. Add everything else, stir and put on med high until it starts to simmer
  5. Once simmering drop down to low and let that bad boy stew for about 20 minutes.
  6. Thats it. See…I told you it was easy

Can't you just smell it???

Saag gosht


2010
04.10

A quick, inexpensive and tasty meal. Here is the recipe for just the saag but it is great with chicken, lamb or even as a saag paneer.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 teaspoons cumin seed
  • 1 Indian green chili pepper, seeded and diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons ground turmeric
  • 1 pound chopped fresh collard greens
  • 1 pound chopped fresh spinach
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

  1. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat, and cook and stir cumin seed, chili pepper, garlic, and turmeric until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
  2. Stir in the chopped collard greens and spinach a little at a time, adding the tougher parts first (the stems and thicker leaves). Continue to add greens, and cook and stir until all greens have been added and all are thoroughly wilted. Stir in the cumin, coriander, and salt. Cover; reduce heat and simmer until greens are tender, about 10 minutes, adding water as needed to keep the greens moist.

Chicken Enchiladas


2010
01.13

Chicken Enchiladas, originally uploaded by balyho0o.

Is it STILL winter. OK well it’s only the start of January and already I’m longing for spring. What better way to dash those wintery blues than a nice spicey Tex Mex dish and a glass or two of vino? Anybody?…I didn’t think so. So anyway, I started out with a pretty standard recipe and tweaked it a bit to my own liking. notice the absence of sour cream, replaced by the goat’s milk yogurt. I really like the way this tases as opposed to bland ole sour cream. That is unless you have access to some nice mexican sour cream or Crema Agria, which has a nice rich flavor as well.

Ingredients

Chicken Korma


2010
01.02

Started out with a popular version of this Indian standard from allrecipes.com and made a few modifications. Using some leftover homemade broth I found that it needed salt at the end but came out quite tasty.

Chicken Korma

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup cashew halves
  • 1 cup chicken broth
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