Fast Bachelor Curry Food

QUICK CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add onion and sauté for 4-5 minutes, until softened. Add garlic and sauté another 30 seconds.
• Stir in curry powder, diced tomatoes, and chicken broth. Season with salt, pepper and cayenne, if using.
• Bring to a low simmer and cook for 2-3 minutes, until slightly thickened.
• Stir in chicken until warmed through, 1-2 more minutes.
• Turn off the heat and stir in the Greek yogurt until just combined.
• Serve hot with fresh chopped parsley or cilantro and chopped peanuts.

EASY CHICKEN CURRY RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large saute 12-inch skillet, toast the spices in a dry pan. This 2 minute process wakes up their flavor so much! Add 2 tablespoons curry powder, 1 and 1/2 teaspoons garam masala, and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper to the dry pan and set over medium heat. Let toast for 1-2 minutes, keeping a careful eye on it. Don't walk away and let it burn. Continually stir the dry spices so they don't scorch. After about 90-120 seconds, remove from heat and scrape into a small bowl.
• Chop 1 and 1/2 pounds chicken breast into bite size chunks, 1-2 inch pieces. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon kosher salt. Add the raw chicken pieces to a medium bowl.
• Sprinkle the chicken in the bowl with HALF of the toasted spices. Stir to mix it together and get all the chicken coated.
• Open the can of coconut milk and dump it on the chicken. We're going to let it marinate for a hot minute while we chop our veggies.
• Chop the onion and jalapeno. Make sure you get all the seeds and membranes out of the jalapeno unless you like it really spicy!
• Smash, peel, and mince the garlic, you will need 3-4 cloves to get 1 tablespoon. (Or you can use the jarred garlic if you're in a rush) Peel the ginger with a spoon (it's the best way!) and mince up 1 tablespoon (save the rest of your ginger in the freezer for next time!)
• Add 3 tablespoons olive oil to the same large skillet from before. Set over medium high heat.
• When the oil is hot and shimmery, add the chopped onion and jalapeno. Add all the remaining toasted spices to the onions. Let saute for 4-6 minutes, until the onions are translucent. If the spices are starting to stick to the pan, add a little more oil.
• Add the minced garlic and ginger and saute for 1 minute until fragrant. Do not let it brown, turn down the heat if necessary, or add a bit more oil.
• Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice to the pan (about half a lemon).
• Add the coconut milk and chicken to the pan. Add 1 cup chicken broth and stir. Turn the heat back up to medium high if you moved it down.
• Let the mixture come to a gentle boil over medium high heat, then reduce the heat to a simmer over medium low heat. Make sure there is a slow bubble happening.
• In a small bowl, add 2 tablespoons water and 1 tablespoon cornstarch. Stir it together until there are no lumps (add a bit more cold water if necessary). Add the cornstarch slurry to the chicken curry and stir.
• Let the curry simmer on the lowest heat you can while still maintaining a slow bubble. The curry is done when the chicken is cooked through, it should take about 5-8 minutes depending on how large your chicken pieces are. Test the chicken by splitting a piece with your wooden spoon to see if it's cooked. Once the chicken is cooked, remove from heat immediately so that it doesn't get overcooked and tough.
• Chop about 1/2 cup of cilantro and stir into the curry.
• Serve hot with Jasmine rice or Basmati rice, Homemade Naan, or Buttery Roti!

FAST BACHELOR CURRY

Steps:

• In a largish saucepan put the kidney beans, the tomatoes and their liquid.
• Drain the can of green beans and add to the saucepan.
• Start heating the vegetables over medium heat., stirring occasionally until hot.
• In a small frying pan put the oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds, and the small red chilies-each chili broken into pieces. If desired, you may add a little extra of each of these ingredients.
• Heat the spices over high heat until the mustard seeds are popping and the urad dal is light brown. Quickly stir in the asafetida and curry leaves.
• Add the spices in the oil to the vegetables and stir to blend.
• Check for salt. Sometimes the canned beans can be quite salty, so you may not need to add salt.
• Turn off heat and garnish with cilantro (optional).
• Variations: 1. use different types of canned vegetables; 2. add onion and/or garlic at the start of the recipe and fry for a while in oil before adding the vegetables; 3. instead of the typical southern spices use a northern blend of spices (1 teaspoon ground coriander, 1 teaspoon ground cumin, 1 teaspoon cayenne powder and 1/4 teaspoon garam masala or use a spice blend as desired).