Brazilian Chicken With Coconut Milk Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can light coconut milk
• 1 bunch chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, mix the cumin, cayenne pepper, turmeric, and coriander.
• 2 place the chicken in the bowl, season with salt and pepper, and rub on all sides with the spice mixture.
• 3 heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
• 4 place the chicken in the skillet.
• 5 cook 10 to 15 minutes on each side, until no longer pink and juices run clear.
• 6 remove from heat and set aside.
• 7 heat the remaining olive oil in the skillet.
• 8 cook and stir the onion, ginger, jalapeno peppers, and garlic 5 minutes, or until tender.
• 9 mix in the tomatoes and continue cooking 5 to 8 minutes.
• 10 stir in the coconut milk.
• 11 you may add additional salt and/or pepper to the sauce, if desired.
• 12 serve over the chicken.
• 13 garnish with the parsley.