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One-Pot Dry Turmeric Chicken (Paleo-AIP)

Sooraya
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine AIP, Autoimmune Protocol, Paleo

Ingredients
  

For the turmeric chicken:

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 medium red onions (½ pound), diced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 8 dried cloves
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1½ pounds chicken thighs and/or drumsticks
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1½ teaspoons garlic paste
  • 1½ teaspoons ginger paste
  • 2 medium sweet potatoes (¾ pound each), cut into ¼-inch thick slices
  • Fresh cilantro, for garnish

For the cucumber salad:

  • 1 cucumber (1 pound), seeded and sliced
  • 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • Pinch sea salt

Instructions
 

To make the turmeric chicken:

  • Add extra virgin olive oil, sliced onions, bay leaves, cloves, and cinnamon stick to your pot. Let thembrown for about 6 minutes over medium heat. Stir often to prevent them from burning.
  • Throw in the chicken and let it brown for 7 minutes on each side.
  • Add salt, turmeric, garlic paste, and ginger paste to the chicken. Mix to evenly combine.
  • Throw in the sliced sweet potatoes, making sure that they’re in contact with the bottom of the pot(else they’ll remain raw.)
  • Close the pot and cook on low heat for 20 minutes.
  • Garnish with fresh chopped cilantro right before serving. Sere hot with some cucumber salad.

To make the cucumber salad:

  • While the chicken is cooking, peel your cucumber, remove its seeds and slice it using a mandolin.
  • Cut one onion in half and then slice it as thinly as you can, using a mandolin or a knife.
  • Mix the sliced cucumber and onion with some salt and apple cider vinegar right before serving.

Notes

Want your white cucumber salad to be extra crispy? Follow the steps below:
  1. Wash and peel your cucumber.
  2. Cut it in half horizontally.
  3. Then, cut each half in half vertically.
  4. Remove the seeds.
  5. Sprinkle some unrefined sea salt over each piece of cucumber.
  6. Let them rest for about an hour.
  7. Throw away all the water obtained from the cucumber.
  8. Slice your cucumber with an mandolin.
  9. Mix it with a thinly sliced red onion, some salt, apple cider vinegar and chopped fresh cilantro.
Keyword chicken, curry, dry curry, one-pot, turmeric
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