Chicken and Sweeg Potato Curry with Coconut Milk and Spinach
Ingredients
- 1 (5 oz) pkg baby spinach
- 2 lb Chicken thighs, boneless skinless
- 1 small bunch cilantro
- 2 (13.5 fl oz) can coconut milk
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 2 (1 inch) pieces ginger root
- 1 1/2 lb sweet potatoes
- 1 medium yellow onion
- black pepper
- 2 tbsp. curry powder
- salt
- 2 tsp. turmeric
- cooking oil
- Wash and dry the fresh produce.
- Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into 1/2-inch cubes; transfer to a medium bowl. The smaller the sweet potatoes are cut, the faster they will cook.
- Dice the onion into 1/4-inch pieces and transfer to a small bowl.
- Preheat the dutch oven with most briquettes on bottom to act as a stovetop.
- While the pan heats up, pat the chicken thighs dry with paper towels and cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
- Once the dutch oven is hot, add the cooking oil to cover the bottom of the pan.
- Add the onion and chicken to the pan and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the onion is softened and the chicken is browned, 5-6 minutes.
- Peel and grate or mince the ginger; transfer to a small bowl.
- Add the ginger, garlic, curry powder, and turmeric to the dutch oven; stir for 15-30 seconds until fragrant.
- Add the sweet potatoes and coconut milk to the pan; season with salt and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil and simmer until sweet potatoes are tender.
- Finely chop the cilantro and add about 3/4 of it to the curry. Save the rest for garnish.
- Once the sweet potatoes are tender, add the spinach to the curry and stir until wilted, then remove the curry from the heat.
- Spoon the curry onto rice and garnish with the remaining cilantro. Enjoy!
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ReplyDeleteThis recipe was great! I made it last weekend for my friends when we went down to Bryce Canyon. I prepped ahead of time, which was easy, and made it even easier when it came time to cook it! The curry and turmeric went well with the coconut milk, but I think I would have preferred a little less coconut milk--it was a little too creamy for me.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as a beginner, it would have been nice to know how many briquettes to heat up; I didn't heat up enough briquettes in the beginning, so I had to head some more up half way through. It also takes a good amount of time for the sweet potatoes to cook through, which requires even more briquettes. For anyone cooking this meal, I would be sure to heat up 25-30 briquettes to be safe.
Last thing: Don't forget about the rice, otherwise you'll just end up eating it like soup! I almost forgot because it wasn't on the ingredients list, but remembered at the last second.