Every West Indian enjoys a good curry chicken meal. Some rank curry goat higher than curry chicken while others prefer only curry chicken. Some people avoid curry altogether as it burns their stomach but if you prepare it the way I cook it you won’t have that problem…hint hint “ginger”.
If you need more curry recipes like, curry shrimp curry chicken, curry powder, and curry goat click the link.
Why Ginger Prevents Chest Burn
For some people, curry irritates the stomach acid which gives a burning sensation. This can be fixed by adding a peg of ginger to the curry. The ginger will help settle the stomach and aid in proper digestion as well as avoiding diarrhea. If you want to know how ginger cured my constipation issues click this link
Curry Powder
You can buy curry powder online at your local grocery store or online. Below I have a list of the best curry powders
You can also make your own curry powder from scratch click this link to learn how then add it to your curry chicken recipe
Curry Chicken Recipe
Curry Chicken
This Jamaican curry chicken recipe is a guaranteed tasty dish. Curry chicken is not difficult to make but be sure to follow the instructions carefully.
6
servings25
minutes40
minutes300
kcal1
hour5
minutesIngredients
2 Pound chicken
2 tablespoons curry
3 sprigs thyme
1 piece large potato or 2 medium or 3 small
2 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 piece scotch bonnet pepper or Trinidad Scorpion Pepper
1 peg ginger (thinly sliced)
1 piece onion
6 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon Pimento seeds (all spice)
1 Pinch sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
1 splash oil
1/2 stick butter
Directions
- Chop chicken into bite-size pieces then wash thoroughly with vinegar. Rinse in cold water and dry.
- Add chicken to a bowl. Add half of the chopped onion, 2 springs of thyme, pimento, half of the garlic, ginger, scotch bonnet, black pepper, salt and 1 tablespoon of curry.
- Rub all ingredients in the chicken and let it marinate, preferably the night before.
- Add oil to pot. Turn fire to low. Once the oil is hot add the remaining onion, garlic, and Thyme.
- Once the onions are translucent remove all the ingredients.
- Set fire to high, once the pot is hot add chicken (shake off all seasoning before adding to pot).
- Stir chicken frequently. Once the chicken is brown set fire to medium.
- Start adding the seasonings; ginger, garlic, onions, thyme.
- Add a quarter cup of water to the pot. Add diced potatoes and stir. Set fire to medium-low.
- Summer for 20 minutes or until meat is soft.
- Add the ingredients that were removed in the beginning. Add more salt and pepper if needed.
