Poulet au Currie (Curried Chicken with Coconut Milk and Rice à l'Indienne)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 chicken
- oil
- 1 onion
- a strong pinch of curry
- 1 decilitre coconut milk
- 2 decilitres Velouté
- rice à l'Indienne
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into small pieces.
- Sauté it in oil with a finely sliced onion and a strong pinch of curry.
- Deglaze with a decilitre of coconut milk, or of almond milk failing that.
- Add 2 decilitres of Velouté.
- Finish cooking the chicken while reducing the sauce, then dish up in a timbale.
- Serve a timbale of rice à l'Indienne separately.