新年快乐 - With a Chicken Curry Bowl

“May this New Year bring your way all that is the very best for you and your dear ones. “

In Santa Barbara, my husband and I had this hole in the wall curry shop  where we used to get our lunch almost everyday and our order was Chicken Curry over rice. We would walk over to the beach sit there for a few minutes and eat while we got a couple minutes breather from customer escalations and roadmap meetings. 

We were addicted to this dish and when we moved to the Bay Area we discovered yet another hole in the wall place near our house that made the dish the exact same way and the magic continued....about 4-5 years back I discovered that the secret to this curry were these  curry cubes. Honestly, there has been no looking back for me - I have made this recipe very successfully in my slow cooker in the past but for the past two years I have been making it in my Instant Pot (in about 25 minutes).

Chicken Curry Bowl

What you need?

1. 1 tablespoon oil
2. 1 tablespoon garlic
3. 1 tablespoon minced ginger
4. 1.25 pounds frozen skinless chicken thighs (boneless)
5. 1.5 cups onion sliced thick
6. 5 red potatoes halved
7. 3  Large carrots chopped thick
8. 1.5 cups water
9. Frozen Peas
10. 1/2 Package Vemont Curry Cubes (6-7 squares)

Optional (but highly recommended)

• Liquid Aminos - 2 tsp (or Soy Sauce)
• 2 tsp Ketchup 

How to make it?

1. Turn the Saute function on in your IP
2. Add the oil - when it is hot, add the ginger, garlic and onions
3. Cook till the Onions are lightly brown
4. Add in the frozen chicken (if the chicken is fresh, then you can use the poultry setting, I added 5 minutes more to allow for thawing the frozen chicken)
5. Now add the carrots, potatoes , water and the Curry Cubes
6. Set the IP on Poultry mode, no release (+ 5 minutes if it's frozen chicken)
7. When all the pressure has released naturally, put the curry on Saute and add the peas (this step is totally optional but my two boys love peas) and the liquid aminos or soy sauce and ketchup.
8. Taste for Salt (usually it should taste great by now or mine does 😋) - if not feel free to add salt to taste

Enjoy with rice, quinoa (not recommended) or Noodles and wish your friends and family a happy lunar new year! Any plans for the long weekend - I don't have any other than helping my son a bit with his science project, read a couple books, cook a bit and watch black panther....bliss!