Day 10 - Yellow Curry

No roast chicken... again.

They actually had them at the store tonight but I found out I have to go into work really early tomorrow so there just wasn't time to make the chicken, eat it and get a good night's sleep!!

The normal me would have just made more of the pesto pizza with some potato soup.  That is one of my worst habits.  I get groceries and then eat the same thing for every meal until I'm done.

I forgot to mention one thing about the pizzas: you can throw the pitas in the freezer and when you need something last minute just make the pizza on a frozen pita and it heats up while it's in the oven.  Plus you can throw whatever you want on it!

Instead, I decided to make one of the meals I was going to make with the leftover chicken - yellow curry!

It's a recipe I picked up from a good friend and it's one of my favourites.  Plus it's very very easy!

All you need is:

Boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 Onion
1 Can Coconut milk
Thai Kitchen Yellow Curry Paste (to taste)
Vegetables
Rice

I am not going to say what vegetables you should put it in because I tend to just use up whatever is in the house.  Tonight I added mushrooms, broccoli, snow peas, tomatoes, and cabbage.  I have never put cabbage in it before but it ended up being quite good.  One thing I have used in the past but didn't have tonight is a can of diced tomatoes.  If you put that in you will need to boil it down a little.

Here's what you do:

Chop the chicken breasts into chunks.

In a pan heat some oil and add onions, chicken and mushrooms.  Cook until the chicken is done.

Add vegetables as you see fit in terms of cooking time (I added the snowpeas and cabbage at the very end so they didn't over cook).

Pour in a bit of the coconut milk.  Add curry paste to the coconut milk and whisk with a fork to break up the chunks.  Tonight I added four teaspoons and it wasn't super spicy.  You kind of have to figure out what you like in terms of spice.  Pour the mixture into the pan.  This is also where you would add the tomatoes if you had them.

Boil everything for a few minutes.

When it's done put some rice on your plate and top with the curry.  Don't forget to spoon some of the sauce onto the rice it's the best part!

I love lots of vegetables in my meals so I just pile them in but I'm pretty sure when my friend made the dish initially it was just chicken, onions and maybe snow peas.

Thai Kitchens has a red and green curry past as well but the yellow is by far my favourite.  Don't take my word for it though!  Try them all and find your own fav!

I had a couple of friends (two golden retrievers) at my feet as I cooked so when I was done I gave them a taste of the rice and sauce.  I wasn't sure if it would be spicy but they lapped it up.  I'm not sure they're the best critics though, they tend to eat pretty much anything I put in front of them!!

One thing about all of this cooking ... it creates a lot of dishes!  I have never had so many things to clean.  At the same time there is a lot of time to clean up while dinner is cooking so I suppose there is no excuse.  Have I complained about this already?

I promise I'll start making some more recipes from books, magazines and web sites.  I am just trying to get over the laziness that makes me not want to cook before I start to tackle really big tasks.

One request - does anyone have a good apple pie recipe??