Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Is it Curry?

I've been playing with this recipe for about two months now, trying to refine it, perfect it. Today I finally did it. I don't know if this a Curry, a Mole, or just a really flavorful tomato based sauce. Whatever it is it has quickly become one of Julie and my favorites. It started out as a slow cooker recipe for chicken taco's and evolved into this amazingly earthy, homey sauce that is better served over basmati rice then with a corn tortilla. This may be one of the simpler recipes I have posted proving the point less is sometimes more.

4 frozen chicken breasts
2 cans diced tomatoes
3 cloves garlic minced
6 tablespoons spice hunter no salt spicy curry powder
2 single serving dove dark chocolate bars
3 tablespoons dried diced onions
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 teaspoons salt (more or less to taste)

Puree the diced tomatoes in your blender and then add them straight to a crock pot. Follow the tomatoes with a half can of water. Heat a small skillet to medium, adding the olive oil. Once the olive oil is to temp ad the minced garlic and onions stirring rapidly for two minutes then add them to the tomato mixture oil and all. In a double boiler melt down both chocolate bars then add them to the tomato mixture as well. Finally add the spice hunter curry powder and stir everything together. Add four chicken breasts and let the slow cooker work it's magic. Once the chicken breasts are cooked through remove them and shred them. Once shredded add them back to the mixture and stir. Serve over basmati rice.

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