Chicken Curry Recipe

You will need.....     1 1/2 oz. lard

                             4 frying chicken joints

                             2 onions, peeled and chopped

                             1 oz. flour

                             1 tablespoon curry powder

Preparation Time    1/2 pint water

20 minutes               1 chicken stock cube

                             1 tablespoon mango chutney

Cooking Time          1 tablespoon blackcurrants jelly

40 minutes               salt and pepper

                             1 oz. sultanas

                             1 dessert apple

 

Melt 1 oz. of lard in a fairly large pan and fry chicken joints on both sides until golden brown. Take them from pan, remove skin and bones carefully.

 

Melt remaining fat in pan and fry onions until they are soft. Blend in flour and curry powder (more if desired) and fry mixture for 1 minute. Add stock a little at a time, then bring to boiling point and simmer until sauce has thickened. Stir in chutney and blackcurrant jelly. Season with salt and pepper.

 

Replace chicken joints in the pan, cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes or until tender. Meanwhile, peel, core and chop apple; stir in sultanas and apple and cook for further 5 minutes. Serve with boiled rice and side dishes (see Quick Tip below).  Serves 4

 

Quick Tip

 

The side dishes can also be prepared ahead. A couple of bananas sliced and sprinkled with lemon juice and coated in desiccated coconut. Fried poppadums, sliced tomatoes or peppers, mango chutney and peanuts.

 

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