Our Chicken Curry

A few months ago, I bought some curry seasoning with a thought of making chicken curry for dinner. However, I did not have any handy recipe to make it happen. Some time passed and I forgot about it all. Getting things out of a kitchen cupboard, I sometimes looked at the curry seasoning. Finally, I decided it was high time to make some use of it before it expires.

Here is an easy way to prepare a simple and light but tasty dish.

Ingredients (for two):

• 1 chicken breast cut into smaller pieces,
• some onion - diced,
• 2 garlic cloves - minced or chopped,
• 1 chicken bouillon cube,
• frozen peas and carrots, 
• some frozen corn,
• a cup of water,
• some oil to fry the chicken,
• a bit of salt.

How to make it:

1. Coat the chicken pieces with curry seasoning. 
2. Cover the coated pieces with a plate and store it in the fridge for about 10 minutes (I sometimes skip this step, though).
3. Heat some oil in the pan, fry the chopped onion and garlic for a few (3) minutes
4. Add the chicken pieces, fry them till they are cooked/ golden brown.
5. Pour water in the pan, add the bouillon cube, corn, peas and carrots, cover the pan. Cook it all at 4/ low heat till there is little water in the pan.
6. Season with some salt - as you like.
7. Serve with cooked rice.

I also serve the chicken curry with Chinese egg rolls.

It is our favorite home made chicken curry dinner.

Bon apetit!

Our Shepherd's Pie Recipe

Shepherd's Pie is one of the dishes which I learned to make  when in TX. Actually, it is not popular in Poland at all, and I did not hear about it before coming to the US.
This is the way I make it and how we like it best.

What you need (for two servings):

• 1/2 pound ground beef
• some canola oil (for frying)
• 1/2 medium size onion - chopped
• 1 cup water + 1/2 beef bullion cube (or 1 cup beef stock)
• 1 TBS Worcester sauce
• about 1/3 cup frozen peas & carrots (or more if you like)
• 1 TBS dried parsley
• 1/4 tsp black pepper

 For mashed potatoes:

• 4 medium sized potatoes
• 1 TSP unsalted butter
• about 1 tsp salt
• a pinch black pepper
• 1/4 2% milk
• grated Mexican cheese (or other kind) to cover mashed potatoes

What to do:
1. Heat oven to 350F/175C
2. Boil the potatoes.
3. Mash the potatoes, add butter, milk, salt and pepper.
4. Fry the meat  until it is no longer red (it takes a few minutes).
5. Add the chopped onion and fry it with the meat for about 3 minutes.
6. Add water & bullion cube, Worcester sauce, frozen peas & carrots, and cook it all for about 7 minutes. Add parsley and stir everything.
7. Place the meat mixture into a baking dish, cover it with mashed potatoes, spread them evenly.
8. Sprinkle shredded cheese on the potato layer.
9. Bake it for 30 minutes.
I do not cover the dish with aluminum foil before placing it in the oven. I did that a few times but the potatoes + cheese turn out/taste  better when they are baked without any cover .

Joys and Pol-Southern Meal

'May Good Fortune be yours,

 May your Joys never end!'

Some of the Joys may be: 

dancing together

Italian dancers at Fiesta Latinoamericana! 2013

or a very tasty dinner:

Southern chicken fried steak & gravy...... .it was oh sooooo good!

and Polish carrots and peas

It all was quite a treat!

Ready for some Chicken Stew?

What was for dinner?