Country Captain Recipe
Ingredients
1 two - and - one - half- pound frying chicken, cut into serving pieces
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 to 5 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup finely diced onion
1/3 cup finely diced green pepper
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 teaspoon thyme
2 cups canned stewed tomatoes
3 tablespoons dried currants, washed and drained
Blanched toasted almonds
Chutney
Directions
1. Dredge the chicken pieces in the flour seasoned with the salt and pepper.
2. Heat four tablespoons of butter in a large skillet and brown the chicken parts on all sides. If necessary, add more butter. Remove the chicken from the skillet and add the onion, green pepper, garlic, curry powder and thyme. Cook briefly, stirring, until the onion wilts. Add the tomatoes with the liquid from the can. Return the chicken to the skillet, skin side up. Cover the skillet and cook until tender, twenty to thirty minutes. Stir the currants into the sauce.
2. Heat four tablespoons of butter in a large skillet and brown the chicken parts on all sides. If necessary, add more butter. Remove the chicken from the skillet and add the onion, green pepper, garlic, curry powder and thyme. Cook briefly, stirring, until the onion wilts. Add the tomatoes with the liquid from the can. Return the chicken to the skillet, skin side up. Cover the skillet and cook until tender, twenty to thirty minutes. Stir the currants into the sauce.
