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Poulet au Coco

Country of origin: Comoros

Chicken in coconut milk.
This Indian Ocean cuisine is also present in the West Indes as well.

Ingredients

1,000 gm chicken meat
30 ml best butter
2 medium cooking onions
4 cloves garlic
10 ml Curry Powder
300 ml coconut milk
5 ml thyme
6 spring onions
1 bunch fresh parsley
FAIRTRADE Sources
Fresh food
Lemons
Chili peppers
Chutney
Rice
Herbs and Spices

Method

Preparation

Cube the chicken.
Skin and chop the onions and garlic.
Trim and chop the spring onions.
Chop the parsley.

Cooking

Fry the chicken in the butter until golden brown on all sides.
Add the onion, garlic and curry powder.
Stir fry for 5 minutes until everything is well coated with spices.
Add the coconut milk, thyme, green onions, parsley, salt and pepper.
Stir well and simmer for 20 minutes.

To serve

Serve with FAIRTRADE rice and FAIRTRADE chutney, and a FAIRTRADE lemon to squeeze.

Variation

Add hot spice to your taste.
One recipe I saw suggested a pinch of saffron.