Indian Chicken Curry I

My friend's father, who is from India, showed me how to make this! It's delicious! Serve with hot cooked rice and veggies if desired; make sure that you do NOT eat the cloves, the flavor is too strong!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 305 Calories

Ingredients

• salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 whole cloves
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
• 2 onions, peeled and quartered
• 8 bone-in chicken breast halves, skinless
• 1 (10 ounce) can coconut milk
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh ginger root
• 1 tablespoon hot (Madras) curry powder
• 4 pods cardamom

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Rinse chicken and pat dry; season with salt and pepper to taste. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, then saute chicken until browned. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.

Step 2

Saute onions in skillet until translucent; add ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant, then stir in curry powder.

Step 3

Return chicken to skillet and add tomato sauce, coconut milk, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon stick. Season with salt to taste and stir all together.

Step 4

Reduce heat to low and simmer until chicken is tender and cooked through (no longer pink inside), about 20 to 25 minutes.