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Venezuelan Coconut Chicken

Venezuelan Coconut Chicken

A Venezuela dinner. Ready in about 48 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 4 people +

Recipe makes 4

Main ingredient

  • 2 chicken breasts

Fresh & other

  • 2 onions
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 3 tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp ginger paste
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • ½ cup water

Sauces & oils

  • ⅓ cup olive oil
Spices & seasonings (5): bay leaves, black pepper, turmeric, cumin, salt
  • 4 bay leaves
  • Pinch black pepper
  • Pinch turmeric
  • Pinch cumin
  • Pinch salt

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

  1. Cut the chicken up in bite size pieces, peel.

  2. Cut the onions, mince the garlic.

  3. Assemble the rest of your ingredients plus you are ready to start cooking.

  4. Make the Dish.

  5. Heat up a fry pan on medium heat.

  6. Add the oil and when hot.

  7. Cook the onion until see-through.

  8. Remove from pan.

  9. Move to a blender or food processor.

  10. Add tomatoes, garlic, turmeric,, sugar, ginger paste, coconut milk, water.

  11. Blend smooth.

  12. Add the chicken in the same pan you cooked your onion.

  13. Brown all sides.

  14. This should take about 3 minutes.

  15. Add your blender ingredients plus bay leaves to the pan.

  16. Bring to a simmer.

  17. Heat till your chicken is white inside plus the liquid is creamy.

  18. (15 to 20 minutes).

  19. Remove the bay leaves.

  20. Serve with white rice.

On the side: Green salad

A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.

How to make it (10 min)
  1. Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
  2. Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.

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Recipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.