Curried chicken is one of our main cuisines and is cooked in most homes. People from all over the world may have eaten curried chicken in their country of original because many Jamaicans have opened restaurant in many areas overseas. It’s a delicious dish that is seasoned with blends of herb and spices. You will find this dish in the hotels on your next trip Jamaica.
Yummy Curried Chicken Dinner
Recipe
Serves 8-10 People
4-5 lbs bag chicken parts or 2 whole chicken
1/4 cup vinegar or 2 lime or lemons
6 cloves of garlic or (2 tsp garlic powder)
2 tbsp curry powder
1 tsp tumeric
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 medium onion
4 stalks escallion (chopped)
1 tsp all purpose season
3 tbsp cooking oil
2 cups water
1 tsp jerk sauce or jerk powder (optional)
6-8 medium potatoes (each cut up in quarters)
Preparation:
(1) Cut up whole chicken in 2-3 inch pieces (if using cut up chicken thighs or legs cut each piece in 2)
(2) Mix vinegar with water and soak chicken in mixture for about 5 minutes
(2) Combine curry, turmeric, all purpose season, jerk season and black pepper
(3) Chopped onion, escallion, garlic and combine together
(4) Heat pot with oil on low fire, add combined curry ingredience and stir for 2 minutes then let it cool (reason for cooking curry is that it brings the color out more)
(5) Drain water off chicken and add combine curry mixed and rub into chicken.
(6) Put back in refregerator for another hour.
(7) Heat oven to 350 degree, when oven is hot, stick the seasoned chicken in baking container with cooking oil, water and cover with foil for 30-40 minutes.
(8) Remove foil and add chopped onion, escallion and garlic and chopped potatoes, and let it simmers until chicken and potatoes is cooked.
Note: Usually when meat is put in the oven and covered with foil, there is liquid built up, so you would add less water to finish cooking the meat and to form a gravy.
Stove Top Cooking
(1) Follow all steps from 1-6
(2) Pour out chicken in pot and put stove on medium
(3) Turn chicken periodically for about 10 minutes.
(4) Pour 2 cups of water on chicken along with potatoes, combine onion, escallion and garlic
(5) Turn down stove to low and let it simmers until potatoes and meat is cook and the gravy is a little bit thick.
Note: All Purpose Season and Jerk Season has salt! Amend accordingly!
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