Basil Chicken In Coconut-Curry Sauce
Photo courtesy of Mel at Masala Lover who was nice enough to try this recipe out.
Another old old recipe I made a while back. I copied it straight from the original source (which has since dropped off the internets), but from memory i think i bumped up the amount of tumeric and basil, and added a touch more coconut milk. This is really nice served over some steaming jasmine rice… So rich and creamy…
Basil Chicken In Coconut-Curry Sauce
Ingredients:
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast h, alves (1 pound)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1/2 tsp cracked black pepper
1/4 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp ground turmeric
1 large red onion, chopped (1 cup)
5 cloves garlic, minced
2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil or cooking oil
1 can (14-oz.) unsweetened coconut milk
2 tsp cornstarch
3 tbsp snipped fresh basil
1 tbsp finely chopped gingerroot
1 small red onion, cut into wedges (optiona, l
1 fresh basil leaves (optional)
1 hot cooked rice
Instructions:
Rinse chicken; pat dry with paper towels. Cut into 1-inch pieces.
Place chicken in a medium bowl. In a small bowl stir together the
salt, coriander, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, pepper, chili
powder, and turmeric. Sprinkle over chicken; toss to coat. Cover and
let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes or in the refrigerator
for 1 to 2 hours.
In a large nonstick skillet cook and stir chopped onion, garlic, and
jalapeno in hot oil over medium-high heat for 2 minutes. Remove,
reserving drippings in skillet. Add about half of the chicken. Cook
and stir for 2 to 3 minutes or till chicken is tender and no pink
remains. Remove chicken from skillet. Cook the remaining chicken, as
above, adding additional oil if necessary. Remove from skillet.
Stir together coconut milk and cornstarch. Carefully add to skillet.
Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Add chicken, cooked onion
mixture, snipped basil, and gingerroot to skillet. Cook and stir
about 2 minutes more to heat through. Serve over rice. Garnish with
red onion wedges and fresh basil if desired.
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Mmmm, love those basil flavoured asian dishes
[...] I used chicken because it had to be used and we’re basically out of vegetables (and most other food items: grocery shopping must be done), so this is very basic. You could of course use other meats and/or vegetables, and even chiles if you want it to be spicier. I based the recipe on Basil Chicken in Coconut Curry Sauce at Abstract Gourmet, but I messed with the spices quite a bit. [...]
As you already saw, I made a variation of this recipe the other night. It was great–thanks for posting this!
Hi Mel,
Yeh I happened upon your post, thanks for the link back. Not sure how you came across my recipe, but I always love to get some feedback, so thanks again… Now if you don’t mind I’m going to steal your photo of it to put on my original post (with a link back to you), seeing as I didn’t take my own photo at the time :)
Cheerio,
Matt
Using the photo is fine, but next time please ask first. :) Thanks.
Sure thing, I’m normally not so cavalier with my borrowings. I’ll be good next time :)
I am onto this! Looks damn good!