Curried Chicken With Peaches

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 skinless chicken breast halves
• 2 tablespoons olive oil or 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped fine
• 1 1/2 tablespoons curry powder
• 1 1/2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1/2 cup coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon red currant jelly (or juice of half a lemon mixed with 2 tsp sugar)
• 3 -4 tablespoons heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon arrowroot
• 1 tablespoon stock
• 2 ripe peaches, cut in half

Recipe

• 1 brown the chicken breasts slowly in half the oil.
• 2 when brown on all sides, remove from pan and keep warm.
• 3 heat remaining oil or butter in the same pan.
• 4 add onion and gently cook until brown.
• 5 stir in curry powder and cook 3 minutes.
• 6 sprinkle in flour and cook 1 minute.
• 7 remove from heat and pour in stock.
• 8 add garlic and bring to a boil.
• 9 simmer 20 minutes.
• 10 return chicken to pan.
• 11 cover and cook for 45 minutes or until tender.
• 12 transfer chicken to a casserole dish.
• 13 strain sauce into a pan.
• 14 add coconut milk and red currant jelly and simmer 3 minutes.
• 15 stir in heavy cream into curry sauce and thicken if needed with arrowroot made into a paste with 1 tbsp stock.
• 16 add peaches and heat.
• 17 pour over chicken.
• 18 serve with rice.