Chicken Mango Curry with Udon Noodles

 




I've been remiss in keeping up with this blog.  I've really missed it.  For those of you that don't know, I'm a Special Education teacher and during the school year, my life is consumed with school.  But I'm trying to be better about it. 

A niece added me to a cooking group on Facebook.  They recently held a competition in the spirit of the tv show Chopped.  They gave 4 ingredients that had to be used, chicken, mango, zucchini and pasta or noodles.  I thought about it and it tossed in my mind for several days and then I decided to go for it.  My entry was for Chicken Mango Curry with Udon noodles.  I won!!!!!  But I won in more ways than one. This recipe is to die for. It turned out so good and I'm so proud of it.  Just a word of caution though, I tend to make big batches and eat leftovers for a couple of days so if you are looking for a one time meal you might want to cut the ingredients in half.

I hope you'll try it! I promise it is really good.

Chicken Mango Curry

¼ cup vegetable oil

3 large boneless, skinless chicken breast

     cut into bite size pieces

4 tablespoons yellow curry paste

2 cloves garlic or 1-inch garlic paste

2 cans coconut milk

1 cup chicken broth

1 inch of ginger (or 1 inch of ginger paste)

1 tablespoon of lemongrass paste

1 large onion, chopped

1 red bell pepper seeded cut into thin strips

2 zucchini halved and sliced

2 mangos peeled, pitted and cut into chunks

6 tablespoon fish sauce

Juice of 1 lime

3 tablespoons brown sugar

¼ cup cilantro for garnish

Udon noodles

• In a skillet or wok brown the chicken in oil over medium high heat. Set chicken aside. 
• In the same wok, add curry paste, garlic, and slowly add the coconut milk and broth. 
• When curry is mixed in add chicken and cook for 5 minutes. 
• Add ginger, lemongrass, onion, bell pepper, and zucchini. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add mango, fish sauce, lime juice and brown sugar. Heat thoroughly. 
• Cook udon noodles in boiling water till done. 
• Serve curry over udon noodles and garnish with cilantro.