Basil Chicken in Coconut-Curry Sauce

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Basil Chicken in Coconut-Curry Sauce Ingredients

4 Chicken breast halves;	1 lg Red onion; chopped
1/2 ts Ground cardamom	5 Cloves garlic; minced
1/2 ts Ground cinnamon	2 Jalapeno pepper; seeded,
1/2 ts Ground cloves	1 tb Olive oil
1/2 ts Ground coriander	14 oz Unsweetened coconut milk
1/2 ts Ground cumin	2 ts Cornstarch
Salt	3 tb Fresh basil; snipped
Cracked black pepper	1 tb Gingerroot; finely chopped
1/4 ts Ground turmeric	Hot cooked rice
1/4 ts Chili powder	Fresh basil

Instructions for Basil Chicken in Coconut-Curry Sauce

Rinse chicken; pat dry; cut in 1" pieces. Place in a medium bowl. In a small bowl stir together spices (cardamom to chili powder). Sprinkle over chicken; toss to coat. Cover and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes or I the refrigerator 1-2 hours. In a large nonstick wok or skillet cook and stir onion, garlic and jalapeno peppers in hot oil over medium-heat 2 minutes. Remove onion mixture. Add half the chicken to the wok. Cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until chicken is tender and no pink remains. Remove chicken from wok; cook and remove remaining chicken. Stir together coconut milk and cornstarch. Carefully add to wok. Cook and stir until bubbly and thickened. Return chicken and onion mixture to wok. Stir in snipped basil and gingerroot. Cook 2 minutes until heated through. Serve over rice. Garnish with fresh basil. Recipe by: Better Homes and Gardens, January 1998, Page 122. Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 347 by Peg Baldassari on Dec 7, 1997

Main Ingredient: ChickenCuisine: Uncategorized

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truck0321
on Jan 27 2008 10:23PM

this dish was exellent i served it with saffron rice next time i will try it with jasmine rice i liked the idea of using individual spices as opposed to using a pre-made curry powder so as to adjust the amount of spice to my own taste yum!!!

glurt333
on Nov 19 2007 11:17AM

I used GARAM MASALA instead of all the first spices starting with "c". It has them all in it. I also used whipping cream instead of milk. Everyone raved over this dish! It was easy. I served over Basmati rice with a salad. What a dinner for 12!

pacspec
on May 6 2006 9:31PM

I have ordered this dish a couple of times at restaurants and enjoyed it - I never thought it would be so quick to make at home. A great combination of flavors. I cut the chicken into smaller pieces (about 2 inches squared).