Curry Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken (about 2.5lb – 3lb)
- 6 tablespoons of Jamaican curry powder
- 2 potatoes diced
- 1.5 tablespoons of vegetable oil
- 2 cups water
- 1 onion
- 3 stalks scallion
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 hot peppers (ideally scotch bonnet)
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons pepper
Cooking
- Wash the chicken in lemon or lime Juice
- Chop the chicken up in to small pieces
- Chop the onion, scallion, pepper and garlic in to small pieces
- Rub all of the ingredients (apart from the potatoes and water) in to the chicken and allow to marinate in the fridge for 8 hours
- Chop the potato in to small pieces
- Put the chicken and with the marinating vegetables in a dutch oven and sear on medium heat. (5-10 minutes)
- Add the potatoes and water to the pan, cover and fry until the sauce has a thick consistency (about 1 – 2 hrs)
- Serve with Rice and Peas