Chicken • Venezulan

Venezuelan Coconut Chicken

Name: Venezuelan Coconut Chicken
Cuisine: Venezulan
Ingredients: 2 Chicken Breasts; 2 chopped Onion; 1 clove peeled crushed Garlic; 4 Bay Leaves; Pinch Black Pepper; Pinch Turmeric; Pinch Cumin; Pinch Salt; 1 tablespoon Sugar; 3 Tomato; 1 tablespoon Ginger Paste; 1/3 cup Olive Oil; 1 Can Coconut Milk; 1/2 cup Water

Ingredients

Chicken Breasts2
chopped Onion2
clove peeled crushed Garlic1
Bay Leaves4
Black PepperPinch
TurmericPinch
CuminPinch
SaltPinch
Sugar1 tablespoon
Tomato3
Ginger Paste1 tablespoon
Olive Oil1/3 cup
Coconut Milk1 Can
Water1/2 cup

Steps

Prepare

🥄Cut the chicken up into bite size pieces.
🔥Peel and cut the onions, mince the garlic.

Cook

🔥Assemble the rest of the ingredients and you are ready to start cooking.

Steps

🧂Make the Dish

Cook

🍳Heat up a fry pan over medium heat.

Steps

🫇Add the oil and when hot, sauté the onion until translucent.
🍽️Remove from pan and transfer to a blender or food processor.
🌿Add tomatoes, garlic, turmeric, cumin, sugar, ginger paste, coconut milk, water and blend smooth.

Cook

🍽️In the same pan you cooked the onion, add the chicken and brown all sides.

Steps

🌿This should take about 3 minutes.

Cook

✨Add the blender ingredients and bay leaves to the pan, bring to a simmer and cook until the chicken is white inside and the liquid is creamy.

Steps

🥄(15 to 20 minutes)

Serve

🔥Remove the bay leaves and serve with white rice.

Source: Original recipe