Best Kuwaiti Curried Chicken Quwarmah Ala Dajaj Recipes

KUWAITI CURRIED CHICKEN (QUWARMAH ALA DAJAJ)

Steps:

• Rinse and wipe chicken pieces dry and sprinkle with salt.
• Combine baharat and turmeric and rub half onto chicken pieces. Leave for 15 minutes.
• Heat olive oil and brown chicken pieces on each side. Remove to plate.
• Add onion and fry gently until transparent.
• Add garlic, ginger, remaining spice mixture, and cinnamon bark to the onion and fry for 5 minutes stirring often.
• Add tomato sauce, water, salt to taste, and loomi pierced twice with a skewer or loomi powder. Bring to a high simmer.
• Add chicken pieces and okra if using, reduce heat to low and simmer very gently for 1 1/2 hours until chicken is tender and sauce is thick.
• Serve hot with Recipe #79179 or other basmati rice dish and salad.
• Enjoy!

CURRIED CHICKEN WITH PEARS

Steps:

• In a large, heavy skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium-high heat. Add the meat or fish in a single layer. Cook for about 5 minutes on each side or until browned; transfer to a plate and set aside.
• Add the pears and cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes; remove from the skillet.
• Add the onion and the remaining oil to the skillet and cook until soft, stirring occasionally, about 2 minutes. Stir in the curry powder and flour. Add the broth and ketchup and heat to boiling.
• Return the meat or fish and pears to the pan and coat with the sauce. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, 15 to 20 minutes for the chicken, 25 to 30 minutes for the pork, or 10 minutes for the salmon. Season with salt and pepper to taste and divide among 4 plates.

EMIRATI CHICKEN AND RICE (MACHBOOS OR FOGGA)

Steps:

• If using the oven method heat to 350°F.
• Rince chicken and remove skin.
• Rub with sea salt and bahrat.
• Gently fry in 1 1/2 tbs butter until browned on both sides.
• Transfer to a pot, add light olive oil, stock, crushed garlic, loomi, cinnamon, cardamom, curry leaves and tomato. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile fry slices of onion in remaining butter until soft and browned, remove from heat and add dark raisins to onions.
• Taste stock pot for salt.
• Rice white Basmati rice until the water runs clear.
• Remove chicken pieces from pot and add rice then set them on top of the rice with the onion/raisin mixture.
• Bring to a boil and then cover pot and reduce heat to low for 15 minutes.
• Once the liquid has been absorbed, arrange the 4 sheets of paper towel around the pot's rim and tightly cover. (This makes for fluffier rice). Also you may bake it in the oven until done from this point which I prefer as I find it cooks the rice more evenly in a greased pan.
• Remove from heat and leave to steam, unopened, for 15-20 minutes.
• Let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Serve hot on a platter with lime wedges or halves and plain yogurt.

CURRIED CHICKEN (TRINIDAD STYLE)

Steps:

• Cut chicken into small pieces and season with garlic, green seasoning, salt and hot pepper.
• Marinate for 30 minutes or more.
• Heat oil in an iron pot or skillet.
• Mix curry powder with 1/4 cup of water until smooth; add to hot oil and cook 2 minutes.
• Add chicken and stir to coat in curry; cook until all water dries out; stir well (about 10 mins).
• Add tomatoes and onion; cook for a minute; stir in 1/2 cup hot water.
• Lower heat to medium; cover and cook until meat is tender; add more water if more sauce is necessary.
• Adjust salt and hot pepper.

CURRIED CHICKEN WITH APRICOTS

Steps:

• place apricots& craisins in small bowl and pour the OJ over them--let sit 15 min or longer.
• put butter and next 6 ingredients in a small dish and mix to a paste.
• in a greased 2-quart shallow baking dish, arrange chicken in a single layer.
• Spread curry paste evenly over chicken.
• Add the fruits and OJ they were soaked in.
• sprinkle the broken bay leaf, making sure it gets submerged.
• Pour milk over it all.
• Cover and bake@ 350 45 minutes.
• UNCOVER and bake 25 minutes more.

CURRIED CHICKEN (EASY)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray baking dish with cooking spray.
• Heat oil, (and butter if using) in a small skillet.
• *Optional step*~I brown the chicken in this skillet first, on each side.
• Remove chicken if browning and put in baking dish.
• Or if you didn't brown chicken, just place salt and peppered chicken pieces in baking dish.
• Add onion and apple, cook until soft over med/high heat.
• Add garlic, cooking for 30 seconds.
• Add curry powder, salt, and pepper.
• Add soup and half and half, and cook until heated.
• Ladle sauce over chicken, covering chicken.
• Place in oven, bake, uncovered~for 1 hour, or until completely done. Chicken temp should be 160 degrees internally.