Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots

July 28th, 2012 in Chicken, Main Dishes by Julia Volhina

Total cooking time: 1h

I wasn’t a big fan of curry, until I actually tried it.

Some time ago we discovered a small family owned buffet which serves pakistani food that with no surprise comes with a lot of curry. And I like it a lot, in fact we are lunching there at least once a week.

So I wanted to try to cook with curry myself, and this is a dish I attempted first: creamy chicken with prunes and dried apricots and, of course, curry.

And it turned out great.

Ingredients:

1.5lb of chicken breast
4oz of prunes
4oz of dried apricots
1-2 onions
1.5 cups of heavy whipping cream
Curry to taste
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon of oil

How to prepare, step-by-step:

Prepare ingredients: wash chicken breasts and pat them dry with paper towel; I ended up using 2 onions instead of 1 on the picture:
Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots Recipe: Step 1
Pour boiling water into bowls with dried apricots and prunes, leave for 10 mins, then remove water:
Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots Recipe: Step 2
Warm up deep skillet with a tablespoon of oil over moderate heat. Peel onions, slice them into half circles and put to warmed up skillet; fry onions until colored, stir from time to time:
Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots Recipe: Step 3
Slice chicken breasts; increase heat under the skillet and add chicken to it:
Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots Recipe: Step 4
Fry chicken together with onions, stirring from time to time until all chicken colored white from each side:
Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots Recipe: Step 5
Reduce heat and pour whipping cream in:
Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots Recipe: Step 6
Let chicken cook lightly simmering for about 10 mins, then add salt and curry to taste:
Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots Recipe: Step 7
Slice dried apricots and prunes into thirds:
Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots Recipe: Step 8
And add to the skillet, simmer it all for about 10 mins more:
Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots Recipe: Step 9
Then serve for lunch or dinner. I prefer boiled rice as a side for this dish:
Curry Chicken with Prunes and Dried Apricots