Curried Chicken

Name: Curried Chicken
Ingredients: 3/4 cup long grain rice; 8 ounces skinless, boneless chicken breasts; 1 teaspoon olive oil; 1 8-ounce onion or 7 ounces chopped onion (1 2/3 cups); 1 large clove garlic; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon fennel seed; 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander; 1/2 teaspoon turmeric; 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/4 teaspoon hot-pepper flakes; 4 ounces whole peeled carrots or 4 ounces chopped carrots ( 3/4 to 1 cup); 1 1/2 pounds ripe field tomatoes; 2 tablespoons no-salt-added tomato paste; Fresh pineapple; Fresh coriander

16 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

3/4 cup long grain rice
8 ounces skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 8-ounce onion or 7 ounces chopped onion (1 2/3 cups)
1 large clove garlic
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon fennel seed
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon hot-pepper flakes
4 ounces whole peeled carrots or 4 ounces chopped carrots ( 3/4 to 1 cup)
1 1/2 pounds ripe field tomatoes
2 tablespoons no-salt-added tomato paste
Fresh pineapple
Fresh coriander

Directions

1

Combine 1 1/2 cups water with rice in heavy-bottomed pot.
2

Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer over low heat, cooking a total of 17 minutes, until water has evaporated and rice is cooked.
3

Meanwhile, wash, dry and cut the chicken into small chunks.
4

Heat the oil in nonstick skillet and cook the chicken until it begins to turn golden.
5

Remove and set aside.
6

Meanwhile, chop the onion, mince the garlic, and saute them in the pan with the cumin, fennel, coriander, turmeric, ginger and pepper until the onion begins to soften.
7

Meanwhile chop the carrots into very small pieces; wash, dry, trim and chop the tomato into small pieces.
8

When the onion is soft, add the carrots, the tomatoes and the tomato paste and cook quickly until the carrots are soft and the liquid has been reduced.
9

Cut the pineapple into enough bite-size chunks to make 1 cup; add to the sauce and return the chicken to the sauce.
10

Wash, dry and chop enough coriander to make 1 tablespoon, and stir into the sauce.
11

Serve over rice.