Chicken in Coconut milk

Name: Chicken in Coconut milk
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 5 pieces Chicken thighs; 1/2 cup coconut milk (I used kentaste coconut milk); 2 large ripe tomatoes; 2 onions; 1 green cupsicum; 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder; 4 cloves garlic; 1/2 tsp ginger powder; 3 tbsp cooking oil; 1/2 tsp sugar; 1 level tsp salt; 1/4 cup water; More oil for deep frying. (optional)

shalimba @cook_13258175

Ukunda

I got this recipe online.. It was a coconut curry chicken recipe but did a few changes to it according to the ingredients I had. It turned out great!!
**PS- The sugar enhances the taste of coconut milk.

shalimba @cook_13258175

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Ingredients

1hour

2 servings

5 piecesChicken thighs
1/2 cupcoconut milk (I used kentaste coconut milk)
2large ripe tomatoes
2onions
1green cupsicum
1/2 tspTurmeric powder
4 clovesgarlic
1/2 tspginger powder
3 tbspcooking oil
1/2 tspsugar
1level tsp salt
1/4 cupwater
More oil for deep frying. (optional)

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Steps

1hour

1

Deep fry the chicken pices until crispy and set aside. This is optional. I do this when using broiler chicken.
2

Dice the onions and grate/mince the garlic
3

Blend tomatoes and cupsicum together to a paste. (You can also slice and dice into small pieces if you don't want to blend.)
4

In a cooking pot on medium heat add the 3tbsp oil and allow it to heat.
5

Add onions and garlic and cook for few seconds, add ginger, turmeric, and sugar and continue to stir. Add salt then the tomato capsicum paste, stir, cover and let cook for about a minute.
6

Once ingredients are well cooked add in the water first then coconut milk then add in the chicken pieces. Cover and cook for 3-5minutes then stir in to cook chicken on all sides for another 5 minutes.
7

Garnish with corriander leaves (optional) and serve with rice or chapatti
8

Enjoy!