Polynesian Chicken Stew

So, yesterday I came home in the cooking mood. I wanted to eat real food food. I didn't take anything out the day before to defrost so when I got home, I threw some chicken breast into my defrosting bucket of water and decided I was going to make Polynesian chicken stew. Now, is this recipe authentically Polynesian? Probably not. I came across it in some magazine a year or so ago, maybe more and have tweaked it to my own taste but, I like it, everyone I've served it to has liked it and so Polynesian Chicken Stew it will stay.

Polynesian chicken stew (this is enough to last a few days)

4 boneless chicken breast
1 large onion
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
4 cloves of garlic
curry powder (I never measure, I just shake until it looks right)
ginger
chili powder
cumin
cumin seeds (optional)
garlic salt (just a little)
olive oil
1 or 2 cans of pineapple chunks (depending on my mood)
1 can of coconut milk
1 bottle of regular barbecue sauce

Dice peppers, onion and garlic

So, after the chicken is defrosted, cut it up into little chunks and sprinkle with garlic salt, curry powder, chili powder, cumin powder and ginger. Heat a big sauce pan on a medium flame and add olive oil. To the hot olive oil, add veggies and saute for about a minute or so. Add chicken chunks and cook until the outside beigins to turn white. Add more seasoning to your taste (personally, I like mine spicy so I add a lot of the chili and cumin powder). Stir around a bit then cover pot with lid. Let this stand and cook for a bout ten minutes.





At this time, chicken should be done and the veggies and chicken should have produced a bit of water. To this, add the coconut milk and stir around so that the milk gets a chance to blend with the already present fuid. Turn fire to medium and let this stand for about ten minutes.



Add the barbecue sauce and again stir to get the sauce incorporated. Let simmer for about ten minutes. Then, add the pineapples, juice and all, again letting simmer for about 10-15 minutes. Stir then serve with coconut rice, plain rice, basmati rice or a good hearty bread.

I don't have a finished product picture because truthfully, I forgot but since I made so much, I will be having this for lunch tomorrow so, I will snap a pic then.


Tomorrow:

Ethnic Turkey Burgers