Chicken Curry With Sweet Potatoes | Cari Ga

~ Tandy

When James was younger he showed very little interest in food, other than eating it. One holiday we encouraged the boys to choose a vegetable to eat with the meals I was preparing and the vote went to sweet potatoes. We ate so many sweet potatoes that weekend I could not face them for years. When James showed an interest in learning how to cook curries I turned straight away to my Curry recipe book. I found a Vietnamese curry recipe for cari ga, a chicken curry with sweet potatoes and carrots that I knew would go down well. This mild curry made use of the cari powder I made a long time ago. It was a great dish to get started with and I was most impressed with the flavour, and the enthusiasm James showed in cooking for us. Of course this was done at our house and I bought all the ingredients! This chicken curry recipe calls for the chicken to be in the marinade for an hour, but we did not leave it that long and I don’t believe it affected the tenderness of the chicken or the flavour. If you have the time, leave the chicken to marinate for the hour though. This sweet curry is a traditional Vietnamese dish from the south of the country.

Cari Ga | Chicken Curry With Sweet Potatoes
Chicken Curry With Sweet Potatoes
Print Recipe
No ratings yet

Cari Ga | Chicken Curry With Sweet Potatoes

Recipe Category: Chicken, Curry
All Rights Reserved: Recipe adapted from Curry page 285

Ingredients

  • 6 chicken thighs
  • 30 mls cari powder or any mild / sweet curry powder, divided
  • 15 mls fructose
  • 5 mls salt
  • 30 mls canola oil
  • 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 3 shallots, peeled and quartered
  • 1 x tin coconut cream
  • 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised
  • 2 kaffir lime leaves
  • 30 mls fish sauce
  • 3 carrots, peeled and sliced

Method

  • Place the chicken into a large bowl
  • Mix together 15mls cari powder, the fructose and salt
  • Add to the chicken and toss to coat
  • Leave to marinade
  • Heat the oil in a large pot over a medium heat
  • Cook the sweet potato for about 5 minutes, sealing all over
  • Remove and put onto kitchen paper to drain
  • Place the chicken into the pot skin side down and brown
  • Turn over and seal before removing and setting aside
  • Add the garlic and shallots to the pot and sauté until soft
  • Add the rest of the cari powder and mix in
  • Cook until you can smell the spices
  • Add the coconut cream, lemongrass, lime leaves, fish sauce and carrots
  • Place the chicken and any drippings into the pot together with the sweet potatoes
  • Bring to the boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes

Click on the links for conversions and notes. 

What I blogged:

 
Lavender and Lime Signature

Top of Page

Published by Tandy

I am passionate about using regional, seasonable and sustainable produce when I cook. I live in Gordons Bay with my husband and dogs. We visit new places locally and overseas as often as we can to experience the food of the area. Follow along on our adventures!

37 thoughts on “Chicken Curry With Sweet Potatoes | Cari Ga”

  5. Tandy, this is such a wonderful dish, love curry with sweet potatoes, they are just made for each other. Did you just change your site, on the last few post there is lavender. Love the way it looks, but was it there before?

    Reply

  6. We went through a phase like that too. Sweet potatoes all the time. You start out obsessed, then you just kind of get tired of them. This curry chicken sounds delicious. I haven’t made a curry dish in a long time. I’ll have to add this to my must make list 😀

    Reply

  7. I love chicken curry, but have not tried with sweet potatoes…like that you have coconut cream and lemongrass…so tasty.
    Have a great week Tandy:D

    Reply
  15. Pingback: Recipe For Cari Ga | Chicken Curry With Sweet Potatoes - Lavender ... - Celebrity Chefs TV | Celebrity Chefs TV

  16. Howdy! Someone in my Facebook group shared this site with us so
    I came to look it over. I’m definitely loving the information. I’m book-marking
    and will be tweeting this to my followers! Superb blog and amazing
    design and style.

    Reply

  17. Ive been looking for a recipe for this online, sounds really good, thanks for sharing..

    Simon

    Reply
  18. Pingback: Chicken Kiev | Côtelette De Volaille - Lavender and Lime
  19. Pingback: Duck Braised In Master Stock - Lavender and Lime
  20. Pingback: Curried Carrot Mash As A Side Dish - Lavender and Lime
  21. Pingback: Curry, Published By Dorling Kindersley Limited - Lavender and Lime

I would ♥ to hear from you (comments will be visible when I reply)

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.