5.0 from 60 votes
Curry Chicken
Delicious Jamaican-style curry chicken slow-cooked to perfection. Garlic, ginger, onion, scallion, and curry powder are slow-cook
Prep Time
30 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 86 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Caribbean
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken (cut up and de-skinned) or boneless thighs and chicken legs, de-skinned
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons curry powder for chicken
- 1 tablespoon curry powder for fry base
- 8 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 cup onion chopped
- 1/4 cup scallion chopped
- 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder (or a Maggie cube)
- 3 teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 3-4 allspice berries
- 3 prigs thyme
- 1 Scotch bonnet
- 2 whole carrots cut small
- 2 whole potatoes cut into cubes
- 3/4 cup full-fat coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil optional
Instructions
- Wash the chicken with a vinegar/lime mixture.
- Season the chicken with 2 tablespoons of curry powder, chicken bouillon, garlic, onion, scallions, salt, pepper, allspice, and thyme. Mix thoroughly.
- Marinate in the refrigerator for a minimum of 2 hours or preferably overnight.
- In a large Dutch oven or stew pot, add oil and 1 tbsp of curry powder. Fry on HIGH.
- Mix the curry powder and let it fry with the oils before adding the marinated chicken to enhance the flavor.
- Once the oil and curry mixture is hot, add the marinated chicken and fry until it's browned (about 3 minutes per side).
- After browning the chicken, add chicken broth, coconut milk, a bunch of thyme, and one scotch bonnet pepper.
- Bring to a rapid boil, then add potatoes and carrots. Mix thoroughly and reduce heat to LOW before covering.
- Let it cook for 45 minutes or until the chicken is tender. Stir every 15 minutes. - Note: If you're having trouble forming a gravy, finish cooking with the lid HALF-way off for the final 15 minutes to allow the sauce to thicken naturally.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
4ounces
Calories
86kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
6g
(2%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
7g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Cholesterol
2mg
(1%)
Sodium
1659mg
(69%)
Potassium
173mg
(5%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
139IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
5mg
(6%)
Calcium
41mg
(4%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 86
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 4ounces | |
| Calories | 86kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 6g | 2% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 2mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 1659mg | 69% |
| Potassium | 173mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 139IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 5mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 41mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.