This is a favorite recipe of Adrian's family, from their Indonesian father. It's absolutely delicious! You'll find the lemongrass and galanggal at the Asian market (galanggal is a spice, lemongrass is a grass that comes in a bag in the freezer/produce section). I just made a discovery: lemon grass in the produce section at Wal Mart. It is in a squeeze tube by the fresh herbs.
2 chicken breasts, cubed or thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 yellow onion, chopped
2 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon coriander
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon lemongrass
1/4 teaspoon galanggal
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cans coconut milk
Sauté onion and garlic in oil. Add all the spices to the onions and stir. Add the chicken, cook on medium/low heat stirring occasionally until cooked through. Add coconut milk, bring it to a soft boil, then remove from heat. Serve over cooked white rice.
It will seem like there's not enough liquid to cook the chicken in, but the chicken adds enough liquid. Adrian's dad would use a whole chicken (and perhaps make more of the sauce) but I'm not a fan of bone-in meat so I just used chicken breast.
The final product has a lot of sauce which is really good to put on the rice. You could probably add more chicken without affecting it too much. Adrian's dad used a whole chicken.
It's a really quick and easy recipe to make.
This sounds so exotic :) Does it taste like curry, or is it different than that?
ReplyDeleteI'm not super familiar with curry, but I think it's similar. But the times I've had curry I haven't loved it but I do love this!
ReplyDeleteThis does sound delicious. Will you please make it for us sometime when we come down?
ReplyDeleteSure I'll make it! You just need to come visit!
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