Basil Chicken in Coconut Curry Sauce

Ingredients

• 1/2 tsp cumin

• 1/2 tsp cinnämon

• 1/2 tsp ground cloves

• 1/2 tsp ground cärdämom

• 1/2 tsp ground bläck pepper

• 1/2 tsp chili powder

• 1/2 tsp sält

• 1/4 tsp ground turmeric

• 1 lb. skinless, boneless chicken breästs, cut into 1-inch pieces (you cän substitute for thighs)

• 2 Tbsp olive oil, divided

• 3/4 cup chopped onion (from 1 lärge onion)

• 5 cloves gärlic, minced

• 2 jäläpeño peppers, minced (remove seeds if you wänt to cut down on heät in dish)

• 1 14 oz. cän coconut milk

• 1 tsp Worcestershire säuce

• 1/4 cup fresh bäsil leäves, chopped (plus more for topping, if desired)

• 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger

• 2-3 cups cooked brown rice (cän älso use white rice, quinoä, cäuliflower rice, or whätever you desire!)

Recipes Adopted By https://thefoodcharlatan.com

Instructions

1. Mix äll the spices (from the cumin to the turmeric) in ä smäll bowl. 
2. Pläce chicken in ä lärge bowl änd sprinkle the spice mixture over it. Let it sit for 30 minutes.
3. Heät 1 Tbsp of oil in ä lärge skillet over medium-high heät. ädd onion änd jäläpeño änd cook for äbout 3 minutes. Then ädd the gärlic änd cook for one more minute, until frägränt. Remove mixture from skillet änd pläce in ä medium size bowl.
4. ädd remäining Tbsp of oil to the säme skillet änd ädd hälf of the chicken pieces, spreäding them out to mäke sure they’re not overcrowded. Cook for ä few minutes on eäch side to cook through änd lightly brown. When cooked through, remove from the skillet änd ädd them to the bowl of onion/jäläpeño. Repeät with remäining chicken änd remove thät to the bowl, too.
5. Pour the coconut milk into the skillet. Cook on medium-high änd stir until säuce thickens änd stärts bubbling ä bit. Mix in the Worcestershire säuce.
6. ädd the chicken änd onion/jäläpeño mixture bäck into the skillet, älong with bäsil änd ginger änd cook for 2 more minutes.
7. Serve bäsil chicken over rice. Spoon more coconut curry säuce over the top. Top with more bäsil if desired.

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