West Indies Curry

perryrey
perryrey @cook_3726076
Austin, TX

This is one of the first recipes I learnt by heart. It's from Trinidad & Tobago but it's the kind of curry you can find all around the Caribbean.

West Indies Curry

This is one of the first recipes I learnt by heart. It's from Trinidad & Tobago but it's the kind of curry you can find all around the Caribbean.

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Ingredients

25 minutes
2-4 servings
  1. 1 poundchicken breast or breast cutlets
  2. 1large onion
  3. 4garlic cloves
  4. 1/2 cupdark rum
  5. 1 cancoconut milk
  6. 2 stalkslemon grass
  7. 3thai peppers (habanero or jalapeño also work)
  8. 3 bunchesthai pepper
  9. Salt for seasoning
  10. 2 tablespoonsthai red curry paste

Cooking Instructions

25 minutes
  1. 1

    In a large ziplock leave the following refrigerated overnight or for at least 2 hrs. Slice the chicken into 1.5 inch dices (about 7 per breast). Chop half the large onion in big chunks, 2 thai peppers, half a cup of dark rum, 2 of the 4 garlic cloves tiny chopped and half of the lemongrass stalks.

  2. 2

    Heat a pan with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Only remove the chicken from the ziplock fry until cooked (aprox 7-10 min). Season chicken with salt.

  3. 3

    In a different pan with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, add half a cut onion (julienned) and the rest of the garlic and lemongrass. Aprox 3-5 min, bring to a simmer.

  4. 4

    Add the cooked chicken and 3/4 of the coconut milk, thai basil leaves into the pan with the veggies, cook for 2 min and then add the red curry paste. Bring down temperature stir and cook for an extra 5 minutes.

  5. 5

    Serve with alone or with Jasmine rice.

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Foodie and fan of world food. My favorites would include South East Asian food, Napa Sonoma fusion food, Southern and TX mex, French, Peruvian and anything sweet.
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