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July 6, 2016 by Tanya Harris 2 Comments

Cucumber Ginger Juice

This refreshing cucumber ginger juice recipe will leave you happy you had the chance to drink your veggies for the day. It's a delightful drink for those long, hot summer days.

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My husband started a garden at his grandmother's house. I didn't really understand why initially but now I get it. He finds a certain joy in coming home with bags full of vegetables that he has planted. The garden has all types of vegetables and fruit that include tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, cucumbers, onions, cantaloupe, green beans, okra, sweet potatoes, two kinds of watermelon, and corn. Everyone has worked in the garden...except me. Even my husband's 96 year old grandma got out there and pruned some weeds. Maybe one day I will make it out there to help out...but this heat keeps telling me to stay cool on the inside.

One day, as I sat in the A.C. looking out the window, smiling at the beautiful sunshine, my hubby came home and brought me these beauties:

cucumbers from my husbands garden on table

Cucumbers! A lot...and I mean a lot of cucumbers. I had no clue what to do with them all. So I did what any logical food blogger would do, I asked The Facebook. I got many responses and ample advice. Most people suggested I make pickles with these cucumbers, which I did. However, I didn't want to eat way too many pickles and get pickle wasted.

My cousin, Vern, suggested a cucumber ginger drink and even provided a recipe. Her recipe was simple, quick, and easy. She even suggested that I could add a splash of rum if I wanted. Feel free to add a splash to yours as well.

This recipe is pretty quick and easy to make. The ginger gives it a unique flavor and the lime cuts down on the strong flavors of the ginger providing a good balance. Feel free to omit the rum as I did in this video. If you do add rum, make sure it is only a dash as the rum can be overpowering.

Hope you all enjoy this recipe as much as I did. Special thanks and shoutout to everyone that gave advice on what I should do with those cucumbers. I had fun trying out different recipes and I am looking forward to sharing more in the future. Enjoy 🙂

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Cucumber Ginger Juice

Author: Tanya Harris

Ingredients

3 small-medium sized cucumbers
1 teaspoon of freshly grated ginger
1 teaspoon of sugar in the raw
juice of 1 lime
splash of rum Optional

Instructions

Cut cucumbers and add to blender.
Grate ginger and add to blender.
Add sugar in the raw and lime juice.
Blend until desired consistency.
Enjoy 🙂
***If using rum, add a splash during blending process. Careful not too add too much.

June 19, 2016 by Tanya Harris 15 Comments

Dukkah Spice Mix

Dukkah Spice Mix, also known as Egyptian Spice Mix, is probably my favorite spice mix in the whole entire Universe. Ok, those are some strong words but I will say that when I came across this Dukkah Spice mix, I fell in love. This mixture of flavorful spices will have you fall in love too. This post may contain affiliate links, please read my full disclosure here.

I came across this spice mixture when I ordered one of those cooking at home kits where they deliver the meals to your door. Love those things! Anyways, this kit had a Dukkah Spiced chicken recipe. What in the world is Dukkah I thought and will I really be this courageous to try it? Oh well, here goes I thought. The kit came with a little packet of the spice mix, chicken, and sweet potatoes. There were a few other ingredients but I now forget what they were.

I was instructed to chop my potatoes, add olive oil, and sprinkle with the Dukkah spice seasoning. I was instructed to add the same seasoning to the chicken as well. Odd I thought, very odd. Why in the world would they tell me to add this seasoning to the chicken and potatoes? Because it is just that forking delicious!!!

After dinner that night, I rummaged through my kitchen looking for that little spice packet. What the heck is in this stuff I thought. It must have 40 ingredients! To my surprise, it listed only 5: Almonds, coriander, cumin, sesame seeds, and salt. That's it! I've got to find this stuff I thought.

So for weeks, I went searching for this stuff in the stores and could never find it. Like seriously, my local grocery stores are missing out by not stocking this magical Dukkah Spice Mix. Then it hit me, duh Tanya, you can make this at home...it has like 5 ingredients.

So I went to the world wide interwebs and I found out how to make it. This stuff is so good, don't be surprised if you get a jar of it from me for Christmas. In the meantime, you can make it yourself.

So now I will share my recipe with you all. Oh, by the way, did I mention that all (well most) of my recipes will be on video as well? I love visual explanations and thought I would give it a go. Feel free to leave me feedback on whether you like the videos or not. Here are the recipe deets:

First, grab your ingredients:

Then, add your coriander seed (½ cup), sesame seeds (½ cup), cumin seeds (¼ cup), and whole black peppercorn (1tsp) to a skillet over medium low heat and stir until you can smell the spices, about 5 minutes.

spices being toasted in cast iron skillet with wooden spatula

Once your nose is filled with the beautiful smell of spices, remove seeds from stove and add to a food processor with 1 cup roasted whole almonds and 1 teaspoon salt.

Pulse until ground.

And there you have it, Dukkah Egyptian Spice Mix. Sprinkle over any meat, fish, or vegetable you like.

pin image of dukkah seasoning in glass jar.

Here's a photo of my pan fried chicken with the Dukkah spice seasoning. Looks yummy right!

collage: dukkah in glass jar on left, dukkah on cooked chicken on right

Looking for more Homemade Spice recipes? Try these out:

Homemade BBQ Seasoning

Homemade Poultry Seasoning

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Dukkah Spice Mix

Easy and flavorful Dukkah spiced mixed.

Prep Time5

Cook Time5

Total Time10

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: African

Keyword: dukkah spice mix

Author: Tanya Harris

Ingredients

1 cup roasted almonds
½ cup sesame seeds
½ cup coriander seeds
¼ cup cumin seeds
1 teaspoon whole black peppercorn
1 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

Add sesame seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and whole black peppercorn to skillet over medium-low heat for about 5 minutes, or until you can smell the aroma of the spices. Make sure to stir continuously to avoid burning.
Once toasted, remove seeds and add to food processor. Add roasted almonds and sea salt. Turn on processor and process until nuts and seeds are finely ground.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator,

Notes

Can be added to meat, fish, or your favorite vegetable.

Adapted from The Kitchn

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June 11, 2016 by Tanya Harris 1 Comment

How to Make a Fruity Martini at Home

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Learn how to make a fruity martini at home. Watch the video for more details, recipe below.

You must try this Fruity Martini with fresh Strawberries. At less than $2.50 per serving, this martini is not only delicious, it's budget friendly. We decided to prepare this martini after realizing we were spending way too much on drinks when we went out to dinner. Seriously, imagine going to a restaurant and ordering two meals at 15 dollars. Pre tax, and if you drink water, your dinner would be 30 dollars. But if you add 5 or 6 drinks, especially martinis...you start sweating bullets wondering how much that bill will be. Now I'm not saying I'll never have a martini or two when I go out to eat, but it would be nice to make some of these fancy pants martinis at home.

All you need is the alcohol, ice, martini glasses or a spice jar (the spice jar explanation is in the video), and a martini shaker. Oh, and of course fruit if you are fancy like we are.

We have received rave reviews on this drink! OK, so my friend Tia and my best friend Miss. Tracy tried it out and loved it. hehehe. Best review was that it taste like a Jolly Rancher. And for those of us that don't get enough fruit in our diet, here's a great place to start.

Enjoy a date night or get together at home by making this drink and turn up! Enjoy 🙂

Learn how to make a fruity martini at home. Save money, drink good drinks.

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How to Make a Martini at Home

Author: Tanya Harris

Ingredients

Ice
3 parts Watermelon Pucker
2 parts white Tequila
3 parts Sweet & Sour Mix
Sliced Strawberries

Instructions

Add ingredients in shaker.
Shake vigorously for about 30 seconds.
Pour into martini glasses or spice jar. Enjoy 🙂

June 7, 2016 by Tanya Harris 3 Comments

Peach Sweet Tea and Rum

Cool and refreshing Peach Sweet Tea that's perfect for the summer.

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This post is sponsored by Southern Breeze Sweet Tea. All opinions are my own.

My all time favorite season is summer! I got married on the first day of summer. I dream of summer in the winter. If I could put summer in my pocket and keep it year round I would. I can’t control my excitement that the warm weather is finally here!

You know what that means in the South? Fireflies, porch sitting, and Sweet Iced Tea!

Well, let me correct myself. People in the South drink sweet tea year round, not just in the summer. However, mixing a pitcher of sweet tea and sitting on your front porch waving to neighbors is a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. As a matter of fact, sitting on your front porch drinking this Peach Sweet Tea and Rum and waving to neighbors is a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

This Peach Sweet Tea and Rum drink was created using Southern Breeze Sweet Tea. These tea bags are not your typical tea bags. The cool thing is they come in Family Pitcher sizes already. No need in finding 10 tea bags to make 1 pitcher of iced tea, all you need is 2 of these Family Sized bags.

How much sugar should you add when making sweet tea? A question you don’t need to ask when using Southern Breeze Sweet Tea because the sweetener is in the bag! What a win with this no sugar sweet tea!

Feel free to make this tea on its own without the addition of alcohol or fruit. I added peaches and rum into my tea because....well I have no good reason, it's rum and peaches, why not?

This drink is a breeze to make and you will enjoy sitting on your porch waiving and cheesing at everyone as they walk by. You may even catch yourself smiling and waving at that neighbor who you secretly dislike.

If you like this, you'll love my Spiced Iced Sweet Tea.

Here are the recipe deets:

Prepare your Southern Breeze Sweet Tea by bringing 2 quarts of water to a boil.

Once boiled, add water and 2 Family Sized Tea Bags to a pitcher and let steep for about 5 minutes.

tea bags for iced tea in water in pitcher

Remove the bags and discard. Place pitcher in fridge to cool.

Once cooled, Slice 2 ripe peaches and add to the pitcher. Add ½ cup of dark rum.

dark rum for iced tea in measuring glass

Stir and serve over ice. Enjoy 🙂

glass of peach tea lemonade in southern breeze sweet tea glass

*Southern Breeze Sweet Tea is zero calories and contains the sweetener in the bag along with the tea leaves. It comes in a variety of flavors for all you sweet tea lovers out there.

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Peach Sweet Tea and Rum

Author: Tanya Harris

Ingredients

2 Family Sized Southern Breeze Sweet Tea Original Flavor
2 quarts of water
2 ripe peaches
½ cup dark rum

Instructions

Prepare your Southern Breeze Sweet Tea by bringing 2 quarts of water to boil.
Once boiled, add water and 2 Family Sized Tea Bags to a pitcher and steep for about 5 minutes. Remove the bags and discard.
Place sweet tea in fridge to cool.
Once cooled, Slice 2 ripe peaches and add to the pitcher. Add ½ cup of dark rum. Stir and serve over ice. Enjoy 🙂

May 31, 2016 by Tanya Harris 9 Comments

Strawberry Basil Lemonade Recipe

This Strawberry Basil Lemonade Recipe will leave you refreshed and and satisfied. Try this delicious spin on your traditional Lemonade recipe.

strawberry basil lemonade in a pitcher with lemons surrounding it

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Post updated on 3/28/19

You’ll find the full recipe with ingredient amounts and instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post. Be sure to check out the blog post itself for extra tips and tricks!

If you follow me on the Gram, you will realize that I eat out more than I should. I promise I am trying to change my ways but I won't lie, I love restaurants. Typically when I go out to eat, I always order just a water to drink. Why you may ask? Because I am cheap and also because I think water is delicious!

Well one day while eating out with my hubby, I decided to be fancy and ordered a strawberry lemonade instead of a water. You all, I was super excited about this strawberry lemonade. I was ready for my taste buds to jump out of my mouth and do the running man on the table. And not that new dance they claim is the running man, but old school Kid&Play running man.

I was ready for magic....and when I took that first sip of that strawberry lemonade, I wanted to cry. It was gross. I politely asked my waiter to bring it back and went back to my traditional water. This is where the idea of strawberry basil lemonade began.

This experience made me want to go home and make up my own recipe for strawberry lemonade, and I did!

strawberry basil lemonade in glass with stray

This recipe calls for a few simple ingredients: strawberries of course, lemon, sugar, and......BASIL! A lot of you are probably thinking I have gone insane? " Basil?" "In my drank?" "Are you for real?"

Why yes I am.

Now feel free to omit the basil if you want, this strawberry lemonade is still delicious without it. But I wanted to kick it up a notch.

How to make Strawberry Basil Lemonade

First, create a simple syrup by combining 1 cup of white sugar and 1 cup of water in a medium pot and bring to a boil. Boil until sugar is dissoved. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

sugar in measuring cup being poured into water in saucepan

Next, squeeze about lemons to make about 1 cup of squeezed lemon juice. Set aside.

Next, chop about 12 medium straberries, yielding about 1 ½ cup of strawberries. Add that and about ¼ cup of basil leaves to a food processor and process until smooth. I like to use my mini food processor for this recipe.

Strain strawberry and basil mixture through a fine strainer into a pitcher. Add simple syrup mixture, lemon juice, and 2 ½ cups of water to a pitcher. Stir until combined.

water being poured into pitcher with strawberry syrup

Serve chilled over ice and Enjoy 🙂

Variations of this Recipe

This flavor profile goes great in a margarita. Check out my Strawberry Basil Margarita.

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Strawberry Basil Lemonade Recipe

This strawberry basil lemonade recipe is a refreshing sweet treat that is perfect for any spring or summer day. #strawberrylemonade #summerdrinks #lemonade

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Servings: people

Calories: 149kcal

Author: Tanya Harris

Ingredients

1 ½ cups chopped strawberries about 12 medium strawberries
¼ cup basil chopped
1 cup lemon juice squeezed from lemons
3 ½ cups water divided
1 cup sugar

Instructions

Create a simple syrup by combining 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water in a small pot and bring to a boil until sugar is dissolved. Turn off stove and allow mixture to cool to room temperature.
Add strawberries and basil to a food processor or blender and pulse until combined and mixture is smooth.
Strain strawberry and basil mixture into pitcher.
Add 2 ½ cups of cold water, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a pitcher. Stir until combined.
Serve over ice. Enjoy 🙂

Notes

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May 26, 2016 by Tanya Harris Leave a Comment

Sweet Chili Asian Wings - Cooking with Flemz

Sweet Chilli Asian Wings is a quick and easy appetizer that can be created with ease. No excuse not to make these as it has only 6 main ingredients. Woo hoo!

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Sweet Chili Asian Wings

Sweet Chili Asian Wings are easy to make and delicious.

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Total Time35

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: asian wings

Servings:

Calories: 512kcal

Author: Tanya Harris

Ingredients

3 lbs chicken wings
¾ cup sweet chilli sauce
2 Tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon ginger
2 Tablespoon cilantro
salt & pepper

Instructions

Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Prepare baking sheet by lining with foil and spraying with cooking oil.
Season chicken wings with salt & pepper, not too much, not too little.
Place chicken wings on baking sheet and cook for 20-25 minutes, or until cooked through.
While wings are baking, make your sauce by combining sweet chilli sauce, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger.
Once wings have finished baking, remove and place them in sauce, tossing to coat.
Place wings back on pan and return to oven for 5 minutes to allow sauce to bake into chicken.
Remove and sprinkle with cilantro. Enjoy 🙂

Nutrition

Calories: 512kcal | Saturated Fat: 8g

May 23, 2016 by Tanya Harris 16 Comments

Easy Baked Chicken Wings in Sweet & Sour Sauce

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Easy Baked Chicken Wings in Sweet & Sour Sauce is an ideal recipe for any busy night. I get it, I get it...I literally say this about all my recipes. Yet it's true, my goal in life is to provide easy and quick recipes you can whip up in a breeze. So here goes another.

I didn't typically think of wings as a dinner item when I initially started cooking. When most people think of wings, they think of appetizers. Well that's the win win of the situation, wings can be both. Whether you're hosting a party or just feeding your hungry family, these can be whipped up in a second...or like 30 minutes 🙂

Now I'd like to take a moment and discuss this sauce...oh this sauce. Anyone else love that sauce from the Chinese restaurants that comes when you order Sweet & Sour chicken? Well...this isn't it. I always tried to replicate it in my kitchen by combining ketchup, white sugar, and vinegar...Fail, complete fail, lol. It never came out like the restaurants. I did however change up the ingredients and came up with the sauce below. It's great on the wings and it is daughter and hubby approved. Here are the recipe deets.

First, Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare a baking pan by covering with foil and spraying with cooking spray until fully covered, set aside.

Next, combine ½ cup ketchup, 1 tablespoon white vinegar, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 clove minced garlic and 1 teaspoon grated ginger in a medium bowl. Stir and set aside.

Ingredients

mixed sauce

Next, season 2 lbs chicken wings with salt & pepper....use your judgment here. Not too much, not too little.

Then, add your sauce to you chicken and stir until fully coated.

with sauce

Place your wings on your prepared sheet.

marinated chicken

Bake chicken for 30 minutes or until cooked through. Then, crank that oven to broil and let the wings crisp a little. Keep them in there no longer that 5 minutes.

And then you will have this.....

finished chicken wings on blue plate with orange towel in background

Enjoy 🙂

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Easy Baked Chicken Wings in Sweet & Sour Sauce

Author: Tanya Harris

Ingredients

2 lbs chicken wings
½ cup ketchup
1 Tablespoon vinegar
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
1 Tablespoon soy sauce
1 clove garlic minced
1 teaspoon grated ginger

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil paper and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
Combine ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger. Set aside.
Season wings with salt & pepper. Cover wings with ketchup mixture.
Bake wings in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until cooked through. Increase heat to broil and broil for 5 minutes until wings become sticky. Enjoy!

May 14, 2016 by Tanya Harris 6 Comments

Indoor Grill Chilli Lime Shrimp

Indoor Grill. Chilli Powder. Lime. Shrimp. Yum. That pretty much sums up this recipe.

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I should start by saying....I'm back!!!! I missed last week and it had me pretty sad . If you were following me you would notice a new look to the blog. You like? I am now self-hosted! The change was not as easy as I thought it would be but I managed. I am still working on the site but spent a lot of my time researching website layouts, domains, and my bank account as I knew I would have to pay for self-hosting, lol.

During the week, I was super busy and honestly didn't have time for the cooking, photo taking, and recipe development. In all honesty, I didn't have much time to cook. I am sure you all have had those weeks too. When you're even busier than most weeks and your stress level is on 100 and your kid is asking, "what's for dinner?" and you just sigh in response. That's when quick meals like this made on the indoor grill come in handy.

I am sure many of you wonder why I would even mention cooking on an indoor grill when summer is so close. I wondered it a little too when I made it. But in reality, we have a grill that uses coal and I wasn't going outside to try to figure out how to strike that thing up. Plus, what will I do when it's dark outside? I just fire up that indoor grill by plugging it into that wall socket.

Shrimp also makes this recipe ideal for those super busy nights, especially when you forget to take anything out the freezer the night before. Yikes! I defrost my shrimp quickly by running it under cold water.

Here are the recipe deets:

First, defrost your shrimp following the instructions if frozen. Feel free to use fresh shrimp if you fancy like that. Deveine your shrimp (you all know what that stuff is in the shrimp back) and peel your shrimp, leaving the tail ends on if you like.

peeled and deveined shrimp

Combine 3 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon chilli powder, 2 teaspoon brown sugar, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ¼ teaspoon cumin, ¼ teaspoon cayenne powder, and 1 teaspoon lime juice in a bowl. Add shrimp and stir to cover in marinade. Let marinate for 15-20 minutes.

soy sauce and other ingredients in bowl with fork

chilli lime marinade

shrimp marinating in sauce

Next, fire up your indoor grill by plugging it in and wait for it to heat up. My indoor grill, as a majority of them do, has grill plates on both sides so no flipping is required. Place your shrimp on the grill and cook for about 3 minutes, until done.

shrimp on indoor grill

Remove from grill, plate, and serve immediately with your favorite side dish. I topped my shrimp with cilantro. Enjoy 🙂

chilli lime shrimp

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Indoor Grill Chilli Lime Shrimp

Author: Tanya Harris

Ingredients

16 oz shrimp
3 Tablespoon soy sauce
1 Tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1 teaspoon lime juice
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon cumin powder
¼ teaspoon cayenne powder

Instructions

Defrost shrimp (if using frozen shrimp), peel, and devein.
Prepare marinade by combining soy sauce, olive oil, brown sugar, chilli powder, lime juice, garlic powder, cumin powder, and cayenne powder in a bowl.
Add shrimp to marinade and stir to coat. Let marinate for 15-20 minutes.
Start indoor grill and place shrimp on grill once hot. Close cover and cook for about 3 minutes.
Serve immediately and sprinkle with chopped cilantro if you like. Enjoy 🙂

May 5, 2016 by Tanya Harris 10 Comments

Tropical Tres Leches Cake Recipe

This Tropical Tres Leches Cake is a delicious spin on a traditional recipe.

tres leches cake on plate with kiwi and strawberries on top and sides

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Tres Leches Cake, also known as "Milk Cake", is probably one of my all time favorite cakes. My hubby introduced me to this sweet delight while we were dating. We were at a Mexican restaurant and he ordered it for desert. I tried it out and...I wasn't impressed. Years went by and I never even considered trying another tres leches cake until hubby really wanted me to make one. So I scoured the internet and came across a recipe and fell in love. This is the only way I will ever make Tres Leches and no one will ever talk me out of it.

I added kiwis and strawberry because I love those two fruits combined. Hubby thinks of the tropics when it comes to Kiwi...hence the name.

Here is a photo of all the things you shall need (The white unlabelled container is sugahhhh)

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April 30, 2016 by Tanya Harris 3 Comments

Red Curry Chicken

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I have a slight obsession with Curry. Maybe it's because I'm half Jamaican or it could be that one of the best basketball players in the NBA has the last name of Curry. Either way, curry has to be one of the most delicious things since chocolate. Ok, I'm exaggerating but curry is pretty darn good. Growing up, I only thought curry existed in the Jamaican culture. It wasn't until I finally visited an Indian restaurant in my twenties that I realized that other cultures used curry too. Who knew? The odd thing is that Indian curry and Jamaican curry taste quite different but both are delightfully good. Recently, I had the pleasure of discovering Thai red curry paste.

Red thai curry was a new concept to me. Curry is yellow but this red thai curry paste can be found in your International section of Harris Teeter. I actually ended picking up some red thai curry for another recipe I found on another blog. That recipe was delicious and I may blog about it, but not today. I honestly had no clue on what I would do with the rest of the red curry I purchased. Then the light bulb clicked and this recipe came about.

This recipe...this curry...will have you fall in love with curry all over again. I like to eat it with white rice because I like to eat almost everything with white rice. Here are the deets:

Start cooking your rice.

Then, mise en place...Gather your ingredients (even a glass of wine if you like). Chop 1 onion, 1 green pepper, ½ red pepper, and 2 cloves of garlic and set aside. Chop 2 lbs of chicken breast into 1 inch pieces. Set aside.

Heat 2 Tbsp. of olive oil in a dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sauté onions and peppers until onions are translucent, about 4 minutes. Remove peppers and onions from pot and set aside.

Next, add chopped chicken to dutch oven and cook until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and stir chicken to ensure even cooking on all sides.

Remove chicken and set aside. Add chopped garlic, 2 Tbsp. red curry paste, and ½ teaspoon ground ginger to dutch oven and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Add onions and peppers and chicken back to the dutch oven. Stir to combine.

chicken, peppers, and red curry in pot cooking with wooden spatula stirring

Add 1.5 cups coconut milk, 1 Tbsp. fish sauce, and 1 Tbsp. brown sugar and stir to incorporate.

measuring glass pouring coconut milk in pot

Reduce heat to medium-low. In a ramekin, add 1 tsp. of corn starch and 1 Tbsp. of water, stir and add to dutch oven to thicken sauce. Stir to incorporate and let simmer for about 5 minutes.

Serve with lime if you like. Serve over white rice and Enjoy 🙂

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Red Curry Chicken

Author: Tanya Harris

Ingredients

2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast cut into 1 inch chunks
1 onion
1 green pepper
½ red pepper
2 Tablespoon olive oil
½ teaspoon ground ginger
2 cloves garlic
2 Tablespoon red thai curry paste
1 Tablespoon fish sauce
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
1 ½ cups coconut milk
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 Tablespoon water
Lime for serving

Instructions

Heat olive oil in skillet or dutch oven.
Sauté onions and peppers until translucent, about 4 minutes. Remove from skillet and set aside.
Add chicken to skillet and cook until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Remove and set aside.
Add garlic, ginger, and red thai curry paste to pot. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
Add chicken and vegetables back to skillet. Add coconut milk, fish sauce, and brown sugar. Stir to combine.
Reduce heat to low. Add cornstarch and water mixture and stir. Cook over low heat for about 5 minutes. Serve with white rice. Enjoy 🙂