Pan Seared Chicken Breasts With Jamaican Curry Recipes

PAN-SEARED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH JAMAICAN CURRY

Steps:

• MARINATE THE CHICKEN:
• In a shallow dish, combine the oil with the scallion, curry powder, ginger, allspice and hot sauce.
• Add the chicken breasts and turn to coat; cover and refrigerate overnight.
• MAKE THE CURRY:
• Remove the chicken from the marinade and season with salt and pepper.
• In a large skillet, heat the oil.
• Add the chicken, skin side down.
• Cook over moderately high heat until the skin browns, 2 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to moderate and cook until the skin is crisp, about 4 minutes longer.
• Reduce the heat to low, turn the chicken and cook until white throughout, 7 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to a platter.
• Add the onion to the skillet and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 6 minutes.
• Stir in the scallion, curry, ginger, allspice and hot sauce and cook, stirring, until fragrant, 5 minutes.
• Add the water and bring to a boil over high heat, scraping up the browned bits on the bottom of the pan.
• Cook until the sauce has reduced to about » cup, 5 minutes.
• Return the chicken to the skillet, skin side up, and simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to plates.
• Stir the butter into the curry sauce and season with salt and pepper.
• Pour the sauce over the breasts and serve with white rice and a Sliced Salad on the side.

JAMAICAN STYLE CURRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir onion, tomato, garlic, curry powder, habanero pepper, and thyme until onion is golden, about 7 minutes. Stir in chicken and cook until chicken is lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Pour water into the skillet, reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until chicken is no longer pink at the center, about 30 minutes. Season with salt.