Retro Recipe Old Fashioned 70's curried chicken

[Windigo]

Chicken curry the way my grandma made it. It's in no way authentic, and doesn't claim to be. But it is pretty tasty, so I decided to share it anyway! In Dutch it's called 'Kip kerrie' which is literally 'chicken in curry spice' and so it doesn't claim to be a 'curry' which is an authentic Indian dish. But I couldn't think of the English language variant for Kip kerrie. Either way, this dish is Kip kerrie. And not Indian curry.

Ingredients:
500 g chicken breast or chicken thigh depending on your preferences. Cut into thick strips.
100 ml creme fraiche
150 ml greek yoghurt
2 heaped tablespoons of yellow curry powder (like the mild variety from Schwartz)
1/2 tsp fresh grated ginger
1 tsp fresh minced garlic
1 big white onion
50 g of butter
1/2 chicken stock cube
200 ml water
1 tsp of ghee or sunflower oil
Cornstarch
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1) Peel the onion. Then cut the onion in quarters, then fine strips. Add the oil to a sautee pan, put on a medium heat. Add the onions and some salt. Sautee until they start to color, then turn the heat lower and stir occasionaly until your onions are golden and fragrant. Make sure to not burn them. Turn off the heat.
2) Use a different pan to sautee the chicken fast on the outside, searing it slightly. When golden on the outside, turn off the fire.
3) Add the garlic & ginger to the onions , stir gently for a minute or so until the garlic is translucent. Add the chicken from the other pan, and the stock cube and the curry powder. Then add water. Let simmer for 10 minutes, or until the water has almost evaporated. Then add the cream, cornstarch (according to package) and yoghurt, stirring until mixed well. Add a dollop of honey if more sweetness is desired. Let simmer for another 10 minutes. Grate some black pepper to taste over it.
4) Serve with rice and veggies of your choice.

 

[TastyReuben]

That's beautiful. I sure wish MrsT liked curry flavor.

 

[Windigo]

That's beautiful. I sure wish MrsT liked curry flavor.

Thanks! Like you said about yourself in the other thread, it's not earth shattering but it's good comfort food

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

I like how this is comes together so effortlessly, and without exotic ingredients. This is a hearty dish to warm you on the cold nights we are just starting to see now that autumn is here.

 

[Windigo]

I like how this is comes together so effortlessly, and without exotic ingredients. This is a hearty dish to warm you on the cold nights we are just starting to see now that autumn is here.

Yes thats how I feel about it too! We just had our first autumn storm yesterday, that made me desire warm flavors.

 

[Morning Glory]

Thanks! Like you said about yourself in the other thread, it's not earth shattering but it's good comfort food

Comfort food and nostalgia. Lovely! I'd chuck some chopped green chiliies in as I like hot curries. But this is an 'authentic' 70's home-made curry.

 

[ThatDude]

It's authentic in it's own way, to me. Sounds like a great comfort dish, or awesome after a night out at the pubs.

 

[Windigo]

It's authentic in it's own way, to me. Sounds like a great comfort dish, or awesome after a night out at the pubs.

It's definitely an iconic comfort food dish for my generation. Almost everyone I know has their own variant.

 

[Morning Glory]

It's definitely an iconic comfort food dish for my generation. Almost everyone I know has their own variant.

Some variants add raisins.

 

[Windigo]

Some variants add raisins.

Yeah I know, I just didn't want to share it with raisins because it's slightly controversial I prefer mine without, anyway. But I wouldn't refuse one with raisins.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Lovely! I was brought up on something similar in the UK!!

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

Yeah I know, I just didn't want to share it with raisins because it's slightly controversial I prefer mine without, anyway. But I wouldn't refuse one with raisins.

It's funny how one ingredient can change the dish. If I'm adding raisins, I'd feel obligated to use ras el hanout and make it more of a North African dish.

 

[Mountain Cat]

Some variants add raisins.

Thankfully, Mom's variant never had raisins.

She used a whole cut-up chicken, bones in. And the curry was in there, of course, but along with mushrooms. Cooking time would be longer, considering whole sections of bone-in meat.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Raisins were often added to curries in the 60s/70s. Where on earth that idea came from , I don´t know, but...
Heinz used to sell tins of "curried beans" - which were baked beans, with curry powder and...

raisins!

 

[rascal]

I’m doing this next week, minus raisins

Russ