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Gita's Curried Chicken

Contributed by: Vernon

What you need

  1. 1 lg. onion chopped fine
  2. 2 tbl vegetable oil
  3. 1 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled & cut into slivers (or 1/2 tsp ground ginger)
  4. 1/3 cup tomato juice
  5. 1 clove garlic, minced
  6. 1 tsp salt
  7. 1 tsp ground coriander
  8. 1 tsp cumin
  9. 1/2 tsp paprika
  10. 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
  11. 1/8 - 1/4 tsp cayenne
  12. 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
  13. pinch ground clove
  14. 1 sm bay leaf
  15. 3 lb. chicken pieces skinned

How to make it

  1. soak top & bottom of a 2 - 3 1/4 qt clay cooker in water 15 minutes, drain
  2. sauté onion in oil just until beginning to brown, reduce heat. stir in ginger cook stirring constantly 2 minutes.
  3. stir in remaining ingredients except chicken. remove from heat
  4. place chicken in cooker add onion mixture mix
  5. place covered cooker in cold oven. set oven to 450º,
  6. bake stirring once or twice, until chicken is tender for 1 hour.

This curried dish is cooked in a clay pot cooker. put the cooker in a cold oven, never preheat. We usually triple the juices & double the condiments when following this recipe. It's delicious with rice. If you like curry, you'll love this dish!

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