COUNTRY CAPTAIN FOR THE SLOW-COOKER
This is the only recipe for Country Captain I've ever been truly happy with.It's for the slow-cooker, but there is more prep time to it than usual crockpot recipes. If you wish to make this, though, please don't skip any steps, as the subtle flavors combine to be so good. I adapted this from Cook's Country Magazine, (April, 2006). The dish has it's roots in India, and was carried to the Southern U.S. by British ship captains who sailed the spice routes in the 1700's. This is the way I made it, to my family's delight...and mine! I used my own Mango Chutney recipe #134246 because I think it's better than Major Grey's, but you can substitute Major Grey's in a pinch. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Provided by Chef PotPie
Categories Curries
Time 5h25m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Heat oil in large skillet, season chicken and brown on both sides, about 10 minutes. Remove chicken to platter, let cool a bit, remove and discard skin. Put chicken in crockpot.
- Pour off all but 1 Tablespoon fat and cook onions and bell pepper with about 1/2 teaspoon salt until somewhat tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add broth, tomatoes and tomato paste and scrape up browned bits and cook and stir until slightly thickened and smooth, only about 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add chutney, garlic, curry powder, thyme, paprika and cayenne.
- Pour this mixture over chicken in crockpot.
- Cover and cook on low 5 hours.
- Stir before serving over white rice.
- Add coconut and sliced almonds on top. This is necessary for the most authentic taste of Country Captain!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 364.6, Fat 22.6, SaturatedFat 5.9, Cholesterol 105.3, Sodium 554.2, Carbohydrate 15.4, Fiber 4, Sugar 7.7, Protein 26.1
30 MINUTE SOUTHERN CLASSIC: COUNTRY CAPTAIN CHICKEN
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add butter and rice and return water to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover the pot. Cook rice 20 minutes or until tender. Turn off heat and fluff rice with a fork.
- Combine flour and paprika in a shallow dish. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Cut each chicken breast and thigh in 1/2 on an angle. Coat chicken pieces in paprika seasoned flour. Wash your hands and chicken work surfaces thoroughly.
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil to the pan. Brown chicken pieces, 3 minutes on each side, and remove from the skillet. Add butter to the pan, then stir in peppers, onions and garlic. Season the veggies with salt and pepper and saute them 5 to 7 minutes to soften. Add curry, stock, tomatoes and raisins. Slide chicken back into the skillet and simmer over moderate heat for 5 minutes to combine flavors and finish cooking the chicken through. Place skillet on a trivet and serve the chicken from the pan. Garnish the Country Captain's chicken with sliced almonds. Transfer rice to a serving dish and garnish with chopped scallions.
LEE BROS. COUNTRY CAPTAIN
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Pour the broth into a small saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Put the currants in a small bowl and pour enough broth over them to cover. Set aside. In another small bowl, combine the curry powder, garam masala, salt, and black pepper and reserve.
- Scatter the bacon in a 4 to 6 quart enameled cast-iron pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Stir the pieces around occasionally until the bacon is firm and just golden brown, about 5 minutes. With the slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to a small bowl and reserve.
- Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of fat from the pot, reserving the excess fat in a small bowl. Brown the chicken thighs in batches over medium-high heat, taking care not to crowd them in the pot, until they are golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Add the reserved bacon fat, 1 teaspoon at a time, if the pot becomes too dry. Remove the chicken and reserve in a medium bowl.
- Add 2 teaspoons reserved bacon fat to the pot (if there is none left, use 2 teaspoons canola or vegetable oil). Add the chile and toast the chile in the fat, about 30 seconds per side, until very fragrant.
- Add the carrots, bell peppers, onions, and garlic and cook until slightly softened, about 6 minutes. Add the tomatoes, spice mixture, ginger, and the currants and their broth. Reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer until the tomatoes have cooked down to a puree and the sauce has thickened around the vegetables, about 8 minutes.
- Nest the chicken thighs gently in the vegetable sauce so that the skin side faces up and is above the surface of the gravy. Tent the pot loosely with foil and transfer to the middle rack of the oven. Bake until the country captain resembles a roiling stew around the chicken thighs, about 20 minutes. Remove the foil and bake until the sauce has thickened further and the chicken skin is just beginning to crisp, about 15 minutes more.
- Remove from the oven, skim any excess fat from the surface, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Discard the chile. With tongs, transfer 3 thighs to each of 4 wide, deep bowls filled with 1 cup hot white rice. Spoon the sauce over the chicken and the rice and garnish with the reserved bacon, almonds, and parsley.
GEORGIA COUNTRY CAPTAIN CHICKEN
Make and share this Georgia Country Captain Chicken recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Steve P.
Categories Curries
Time 1h45m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In large plastic bag, mix together flour, 1 teaspoon of the salt and pepper; add chicken, one piece at a time, shaking to coat.
- In large fry pan, place oil and heat to medium temperature.
- Add chicken and cook, turning, about 15 minutes or until brown on all sides.
- Remove chicken from pan and keep warm.
- In same fry pan, place onions, green pepper and garlic; stir-fry about 5 minutes, or until onion is golden brown.
- Add remaining 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, white pepper, curry powder, tomatoes, chopped parsley and thyme.
- In large baking dish, place chicken.
- Pour tomato mixture over chicken (if sauce doesn't cover chicken, add a little water to fry pan to loosen pan drippings and pour over chicken).
- Place in 375F.
- oven and cook about 45 minutes or until fork can be inserted in chicken with ease.
- Remove chicken and place on large serving platter with hot, fluffy rice.
- Stir currants into tomato mixture and spoon over rice.
- Sprinkle chicken with almonds and serve with chutney as an accompaniment.
CROCK POT COUNTRY CAPTAIN CHICKEN
Make and share this Crock Pot Country Captain Chicken recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Emjay99
Categories Curries
Time 6h20m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Place chicken in the bottom of the crock pot, you may brown the parts if you wish.
- Heat olive oil and briefly saute garlic, onions, green bell pepper, celery and curry powder.
- Add all remaining ingredients except the almonds.
- Stir to combine then pour over the chicken.
- Cook on low setting for 6 hours or less.
- Serve over basmati rice and sprinkle with almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 599.1, Fat 38.4, SaturatedFat 9.7, Cholesterol 155.2, Sodium 304.9, Carbohydrate 22.1, Fiber 4.1, Sugar 14.8, Protein 42.2
COUNTRY CAPTAIN CHICKEN
I found this recipe to be one of the best for Country Captain. I love the taste of the currants mixed with the garlic and stewed tomatoes. I've been making this for some time now, but didn't realize it's like chili . . . every region has a little twist or has a favorite dish that Mom used to make, especially in the South. Enjoy.
Provided by Hungarian Gypsy
Categories Curries
Time 55m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Cut chicken into 8 pieces.
- Wash pieces and pat dry.
- Coat THE CHICKEN PIECES with a mixture of the flour, salt and pepper.
- Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet; brown the chicken on all sides over medium high heat.
- Remove the chicken with a slotted spoon and add the onion, green pepper, garlic, curry powder and thyme.
- Stir over low heat to loosen the browned particles.
- Add the stewed tomatoes . . . and then return the chicken to skillet, skin side up.
- Cover and cook slowly until tender, 20 to 30 minutes.
- Stir the currants into the sauce and serve accompanied by almonds.
COUNTRY CAPTAIN
Country Captain is a dish you'll find throughout the Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia, in restaurants and home dining rooms alike. It has been a staple of Southeastern Junior League cookbooks since at least the 1950s and is found in various forms in older cookbooks as far back as the 18th century. It is, simply, chicken fried in butter or bacon fat, then stewed in the oven with tomatoes fragrant with curry and pepper and served over white Carolina rice. Made correctly, it captures exactly that moment of excitement you can feel when first arriving in the region from far away: a sense that everything really is different in the South, that it is the one last, true regional culture in the United States.
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories dinner, one pot, main course
Time 1h30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 325 degrees.
- Combine the flour, 2 teaspoons kosher salt, 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper and the thyme in a bowl. In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat until it foams. Dredge the chicken in the flour mixture, shaking off excess, and fry, in batches if needed, until browned on all sides, about 8 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate and drain off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat in the skillet.
- Return the skillet to medium heat, add the bacon and fry until crispy. Transfer to a plate. Once cool, crumble and set aside.
- Add the onion, pepper, celery, garlic, curry powder and 1 tablespoon of the currants to the skillet and sauté over medium-high heat until soft and fragrant, about 7 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and their juices, bring to a boil and simmer over medium-low heat for 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Spread 1 cup of the tomato sauce in the bottom of an ovenproof casserole large enough to hold the chicken snugly in one layer. Arrange the chicken on top. Pour the remaining sauce over and around the chicken. Cover tightly with foil and bake for 35 minutes. Remove the foil and cook for 15 minutes more.
- Top with the crumbled bacon, remaining currants and slivered almonds. Serve with cooked rice and any condiments you wish.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 1072, UnsaturatedFat 47 grams, Carbohydrate 29 grams, Fat 78 grams, Fiber 9 grams, Protein 65 grams, SaturatedFat 23 grams, Sodium 1579 milligrams, Sugar 12 grams, TransFat 1 gram
SLOW COOKER COUNTRY CAPTAIN CHICKEN
Cook's Country. Basic curry powder turns bitter after six hours in a slow cooker, so stick with Madras curry powder. By tradition, this dish can be garnished with any or all of the following: sliced toasted almonds, shredded coconut, diced Granny Smith apples, and diced banana. Steamed long-grain rice is a must.
Provided by Brookelynne26
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 6h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add chicken and brown on both sides, about 10 minutes. Slightly cool chicken on plate, remove and discard skin, and transfer chicken to slow-cooker insert.
- Discard all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet and return pan to medium-high heat. Add onions, bell pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook until vegetables soften, about 5 minutes. Add broth, tomatoes, and tomato paste and, using wooden spoon, scrape up browned bits from pan bottom. Simmer until thick and smooth, about 2 minutes. Off heat, stir in chutney, garlic, curry powder, paprika, thyme, and cayenne. Pour mixture into slow-cooker insert, submerging chicken in sauce.
- Cover and cook on low until chicken is tender, about 6 hours. Turn off slow cooker, remove lid, and gently stir sauce to recombine. Replace lid and let stand for about 15 minutes to thicken sauce before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 263.4, Fat 16.7, SaturatedFat 4.5, Cholesterol 79, Sodium 273.8, Carbohydrate 10.8, Fiber 2.6, Sugar 4.8, Protein 18.4
COUNTRY CAPTAIN CHICKEN WITH RICE
This is an easy dish to experiment with Indian cooking, assuming it is not a family tradition already. I learned it from my sous chef Robbie J. at Keswick Hall.
Provided by Mario Brown
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Indian
Time 2h15m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Season chicken with thyme, kosher salt, and black pepper.
- Heat oil in a 5-quart Dutch oven over high heat. Place chicken pieces, skin-side down, in hot oil and cook until golden brown, 2 to 5 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate; drain and discard oil.
- Reduce heat to medium and add bacon to the Dutch oven. Cook and stir until bacon is browned and crispy, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Chop into smaller pieces.
- Cook and stir onion, celery, bell peppers, and garlic in the Dutch oven over medium heat until soft, about 10 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes, 3/4 cup reserved tomato liquid, currants, raisins, curry powder, butter, bay leaves, salt, and black pepper; bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low, cover the Dutch oven with a lid, and simmer until sauce is thickened, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Return chicken to Dutch oven and spoon sauce over the top. Cover the Dutch oven with a lid.
- Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is tender, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
- Press 1/2 cup rice into a small bowl and invert onto a plate to remove. Set 2 pieces of chicken on rice and spoon sauce over the top. Repeat with remaining rice, chicken, and sauce. Garnish each with bacon, currants, peanuts, and parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 782.6 calories, Carbohydrate 28.9 g, Cholesterol 105.7 mg, Fat 62 g, Fiber 3.9 g, Protein 28.2 g, SaturatedFat 16.9 g, Sodium 471.1 mg, Sugar 10.5 g
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