Saturday, April 12, 2008

Royal Foodie Joust Entry: Sweet Chicken Curry with Mango and Kumquats



This month's Royal Foodie Joust ingredients are, cardamom, mango and brown sugar.
I know most jousters are thinking along the lines of baked goods, but I'm more pulled to the savory side of life.

Here's what I made:

Sweet Chicken Curry with Mango and Kumquats

1 lb. chicken breast - cubed
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

1 tablespoon minced shallots
2 tablespoons sliced green onion
1 clove garlic - minced
1 small onion - sliced
1/2 cup each red, green and yellow peppers
1/2 cup pineapple bits - drained
1/2 cup small kumquats
1/2 cup diced mango
1 cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon curry powder (the cardamom is in the curry!)
2 tablespoons brown sugar

4 cups cooked jasmine rice

Stir together flour, cornstarch, salt and pepper. Toss chicken cubes in flour mixture and fry in a large heavy pot in batches until lightly browned. Set aside.

In the same pan, cook shallots, green onion, garlic and onion until limp. Do not brown. Add peppers, pineapple, kumquats, mango, stock, curry and brown sugar. Simmer for 20 minutes or until peppers are tender. Stir in reserved chicken and simmer for another 5 minutes. The cornstarch and flour on the chicken will thicken the sauce. Serve over jasmine rice.

Look how pretty this was just after getting it together in the pot:

10 comments:

  1. Oh yummy! Great entry for the joust, the competition is starting to heat up :)

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  2. I just want to move in with you and let you cook for me all the time!!
    -d

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  3. I just love, a fruit or sweet curry, friends find it hard to believe you add coconut and fruit and berries to a curry, but it makes it just so "morish",

    just give some more fresh tasting food
    Spud

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  4. I sure want to be your neighbor and get your "here-you-must-try-this" taste tests!

    THis looks so yummy!

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  5. Yes, it is very lovely and I bet equally delish!

    I wish you would go for the Bobby Flay thingy~ That way I could boast to all the world I know a TV super star! I know you'd win :)

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  6. It may be a nice combination that chicken curry with mango.

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  7. Hello,

    I really like your entry as well. Its a lot of fun to see how the ingredients play out in other peoples creations.

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  8. I never would have thought of kumquats but seeing your recipe it makes perfect sense~ great pairing!
    I so love chicken curry, YUM!

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  9. This looks really tasty!
    Your pictures are great, and the dish is so colourful! I'm so much more aware of that lately, and when I make a supper which seems to be all one colour, I can barely stand it! :o)

    Cindy H
    http://www.jbkpottery.com

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  10. Yummy got to try this recipe it looks soo tasty :)

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