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Josh's Curry Chicken

A chicken curry simmered with onions, carrots, curry powder, and sour cream, thickened with cornstarch.

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Why it works: Carrot and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,555 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Josh's Curry Chicken

Oven325°F
Time1 to 1.5 hours

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Whisk together sour cream, chicken broth, curry powder, Chinese five spice powder, hot pepper oil, and crushed red pepper flakes in a large bowl, then set aside.

  2. Cut chicken into cubes or strips.

  3. Slice onion into medium-sized pieces.

  4. Cut the carrots if you want to.

Cook

  1. Place chicken, carrots, and onion into a large pot on the stove.

  2. Pour the broth mixture into the pot, gently stirring the ingredients together.

  3. Bring almost to boiling over medium-high heat, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 1 to 1.5 hours, stirring occasionally until the chicken is cooked through and the carrots and onions are tender.

  4. During the last 10 minutes of cooking, stir together the cornstarch and water thoroughly and stir it into the pot to thicken the sauce.

Season and serve

  1. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve over sticky rice.

  2. This can also be prepared in a crock pot or in a 4-qt casserole dish in the oven.

  3. If the oven method is preferred, cook at 325°F for 1 hour 20 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

931Calories
64 gProtein
20 gFat
121 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  4. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Chicken + carrottop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,338 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chicken breasts
Provides the main protein, which becomes tender and cooked through during slow simmering.
Sour cream
Adds richness and a creamy body to the sauce as it simmers.
Chicken broth
Supplies the liquid base that carries the curry flavor and keeps the chicken moist.
Curry powder
Provides the main spice flavor, blooming gently in the warm liquid.
Cornstarch
Thickens the sauce when mixed with water and stirred in near the end.
Baby carrots
Add sweetness and a tender texture to the stew.

The step that matters

Stirring the cornstarch slurry into the pot. Cornstarch must be fully dispersed in cold water before it goes in, and the sauce must be kept simmering, so it thickens smoothly instead of clumping or staying thin.

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, cream, pepper):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, cream, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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