Chicken Curry

prep time:: 30 minutes
total time:: 30 minutes

Makes 6-8 servings

Connie Reeves

Fragrant chicken with sweet condiments

ingredients

1 pkg skinless, boneless chicken breasts
4-6 T butter
1 T curry powder
salt and pepper
1 tsp onion powder
3 apples
6-8 servings rice
2 c coconut
2 c sliced almonds
raisins

directions

Prepare chicken curry

Dice chicken and cook in large skillet in 1/2 T butter. Dice cored apples (peeled or unpeeled). To skillet, add 4 c water, curry powder, salt, pepper, onion powder, and apples.

Prepare rice and condiments

1
Cook rice. Broil coconut in 1/2 T butter and almonds in 1/2 T butter in separate pans in the oven, watching carefully to be sure they don’t burn.
2
Ladle cooked rice onto each plate and top with chicken curry. Top with coconut, almonds, and raisins.
3
(I’ve made a vegetarian version by replacing the chicken with cauliflower and Jessica was quite happy.)

notes

I got this recipe many years ago when Cliff and I had dinner at a friend's house--Lynn Olson--about the time we were married. Lynn was an Army aviator and I was heading to flight school; he was also the first person with whom I'd gone sailing.

Source: Lynn Olson