Course: Main
Servings: 2
Tags: #vegetarian
Maple Chicken Curry Penne
This recipe originally came without quantities. Dan added them after making it the first time on 2022-02-06.
The author writes: We are in NB and maple syrup is basically everywhere. If you plan on substituting something for actual maple syrup it is time to stop reading.
If chicken is not your thing, you can substitute tofu for the vegetarians or jumbo shrimp for the seafood people. Do not use scallops, as they are expensive and just get lost in the dish.
Source
2022-01: Chef Troy Baglole via twitter user @douglaswilliams via Meredith Batt
Ingredients
| 2 cup dry | penne pasta |
| 200g | chicken breasts |
| ½ cup | sweet red peppers |
| half | red onion |
| 1 cup | baby spinach |
| 2 tbl | canola oil |
| salt and pepper | |
| 2 tbl | curry paste |
| ¼ cup, oxo is fine | chicken stock |
| 3 tbl | maple syrup |
| 6 oz | cream |
Bust Out
| sauté pan | |
| salad spinner | |
| pot |
Steps
- Make some penne pasta. You can buy pasta, but making it is better, and you can tell your guests how much time you spent doing it. This too can be done a day ahead of time. It is not as hard as you think, but make sure you use good semolina flour.
- Cook some chicken breasts. Charbroiled is best, but searing them in a sauté pan if it is too cold to fire up the BBQ will also work. You can do this the day before. Let them cool down before slicing them, they will cut better. Don't overcook the chicken. More importantly do not undercook it (it needs to reach an internal temp of 170 farenheit). If you do not already have a meat thermometer, go buy one, it will quickly become the most important thing in your kitchen after your fridge and a corkscrew.
- Slice up some sweet red peppers. Also slice up some red onion. Do not substitute white onions or Spanish onions. This can also be done a day ahead of time. Wash some baby spinach. And dry it. If you do not have a salad spinner, patting it with paper towel will work.
- Have a pot of boiling water ready to go to cook your pasta, ideally it finishes cooking the same time everything else does. Don’t overcook the pasta.
- Heat up the sauté pan with canola oil. Make sure it gets hot, when you add the first ingredients it should sizzle. Sauté peppers and onions for a couple of minutes, you do not need to cook them to death. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add the chicken, continue sautéing for a couple more minutes.
- Add the curry paste and deglaze with chicken stock & maple syrup.
- Add the spinach, then the cream and reduce for a couple of minutes.
- Drain the pasta, put in the bowls, put the sauce on top, salt and pepper to taste.
At Brewbakers we make our curry, but Patak’s Mild Curry is a good option.
@douglaswilliams writes: it is a tough dish to pair with wine, but I think Dr. Loosen Riesling is good, or other off-dry whites if you can find them, like Gewurztraminer.