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{{Short description|Curry with chicken}}
{{not to be confused with|chicken karahi}}
{{Infobox food
| name = Chicken Curry
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| region = [[Indian subcontinent]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[Southern Africa]], [[British Isles]] and [[Caribbean]]
| course = 
| type = [[Curry]]
| served = 
| main_ingredient = [[Chicken (food)|Chicken]], [[onions]], [[ginger]], [[garlic]], [[chili pepper]]s, [[spice]]s ([[turmeric]], [[cumin]], [[coriander]], [[garam masala]])
| variations = 
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'''Chicken curry''' or '''curry'''/'''curried''' '''chicken''' is a [[South Asia]]n dish originating from the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It is common in the [[cuisine of the Indian subcontinent]], [[cuisine of the Caribbean|Caribbean]], [[cuisine of Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia]], [[British cuisine|Great Britain]], and [[South African cuisine|South Africa]]. A typical curry from the Indian subcontinent consists of [[chicken as food|chicken]] [[stewed]] in an [[onion]]- and [[tomato]]-based sauce, flavoured with [[ginger]], [[garlic]], [[tomato puree]], [[chilli pepper]]s and a variety of spices, often including [[turmeric]], [[cumin]], [[coriander]], [[cinnamon]], and [[cardamom]]. Outside of South Asia, chicken curry is often made with a pre-made spice mixture known as [[curry powder]].
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==Regional variations==
{{see also|Curry}}
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Aesthetic Chicken Curry.jpg|Chicken curry of [[Tamil Nadu, India]]
Philippine Chicken curry.jpg|[[Ginataang manok|Filipino chicken curry]] from [[Baliuag]], [[Bulacan]]
North Korea - Chicken (6146530155).jpg|Chicken curry with rice from [[Rason]], [[North Korea]]
Chicken Dry Curry - Howrah 2015-04-26 8515.JPG|Chicken kasha is a dry chicken curry from [[Bengal]]
IndianChickenCurry.jpg|A pot of [[Punjab]]i-style chicken curry
Curry chicken in a big bread.jpg|Curry chicken in a big bread provided by a [[Macao]] restaurant
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===Indian subcontinent===
Indian cuisine has a large amount of regional variation, with many variations on the basic chicken curry recipe. Indian chicken curry typically starts with whole spices, heated in oil. A sauce is then made with onions, ginger, garlic, and tomatoes, and powdered spices. Bone-in pieces of chicken are then added to the sauce, and simmered until cooked through. In south India, [[coconut]] and [[curry leaves]] are also common ingredients. Chicken curry is usually garnished with coriander leaves, and served with rice or [[roti]].
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In south India, chicken curry may be thickened using [[coconut]] [[milk]].
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===Caribbean===
This dish was introduced to the [[Caribbean]] by [[Indian indenture system|indentured]] Indian workers. At that time, the dish was very similar to the chicken curry dish of [[India]], consisting mostly of sauce with few chicken pieces. However, poultry in [[Trinidad and Tobago]] was so readily available that the dish began consisting of mainly chicken, flavored with curry spices. Typical preparation includes seasoning and marinating the chicken meat in a green seasoning consisting of [[Eryngium foetidum|culantro]], coriander, [[Coleus amboinicus|French thyme]], [[thyme]], [[scallion]], onion, garlic, and peppers. Then the curry is prepared by first adding oil to the pot and then adding and cooking curry powder mixed with water, then the chicken. When the chicken is fried, additional ingredients are added, and the dish is left to cook until finished. It is usually served with bread or beans. Curry chicken and its derivatives are also popular in [[Suriname]], [[Guyana]], [[Jamaica]], [[Martinique]], [[Saint Lucia]] and other Caribbean territories with [[Indo-Caribbean]] influence.
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===Southeast Asia===
[[File:Kaeng yot maphrao sai kai.JPG|thumb|''Kaeng yot maphrao sai kai'' is a [[northern Thailand|northern Thai]] curry of [[Arecaceae|palm]] shoots and chicken.]]
In Southeast Asia, where [[coconut]]s, and different spices originated, various native dishes made with coconut milk or [[curry paste]]s and eaten with rice are often collectively referred to as "curries" in English. Examples of these include Thai ''[[gaeng|gaeng gai]]'', Cambodian ''kari sach moan'' ({{langx|km|សាច់មាន់}}) and Filipino ''[[ginataang manok]]''. Chicken curries feature prominently in the repertoire of [[Burmese curry|Burmese curries]] and in Burmese ''[[ohn no khao swè]]'', a noodle soup of coconut milk and curried chicken.
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However, derivatives of Indian chicken curry may be distinguished because they are relatively modern and are made with curry powder, [[curry tree]] leaves, or other Indian spices, like the [[Filipino chicken curry]] and the Malaysian chicken curry, although they still use ingredients native to Southeast Asia.
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===North America===
[[Country Captain|Country captain chicken]] is a stewed chicken dish flavored with curry powder, popular in parts of the Southern [[United States]]. The ''[[Hobson-Jobson]] Dictionary'' states the following:
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{{quote|COUNTRY-CAPTAIN. This is in [[Bengal]] the name of a peculiar dry kind of curry, often served as a breakfast dish. We can only conjecture that it was a favourite dish at the table of the skippers of 'country ships,' who were themselves called 'country captains,' as in our first quotation. In [[Chennai|Madras]] the term is applied to a spatchcock dressed with onions and curry stuff, which is probably the original form. [Riddell says: "Country-captain.—Cut a fowl in pieces; shred an onion small and fry it brown in butter; sprinkle the fowl with fine salt and curry powder and fry it brown; then put it into a stewpan with a pint of soup; stew it slowly down to a half and serve it with rice" (Ind. Dom. Econ. 176).]
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1792.—"But now, Sir, a Country Captain is not to be known from an ordinary man, or a [[Christians|Christian]], by any certain mark whatever." — ''Madras Courier'', April 26.
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c. 1825.—"The local name for their business was the 'Country Trade,' the ships were 'Country Ships,' and the masters of them 'Country Captains.' Some of my readers may recall a dish which was often placed before us when dining on board these vessels at Whampoa, viz. 'Country Captain.'"—The Fankwae at Canton (1882), p. 33.}}
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In 1940, Mrs. W.L. Bullard from [[Warm Springs, Georgia]] served this dish under the name "Country Captain" to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[General]] [[George S. Patton]].
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==See also==
{{portal|Food|India|Pakistan}}
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*[[Curry]]
*[[Indian cuisine]]
*[[Pakistani cuisine]]
* [[Pakistani meat dishes]]
*[[Trinidad and Tobago cuisine]]
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==References==
{{commons category|Chicken curries}}
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{{Cambodian cuisine}}
{{Burmese cuisine}}
{{Sri Lankan cuisine}}
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[[Category:Bahamian cuisine]]
[[Category:Barbadian cuisine]]
[[Category:Bengali curries]]
[[Category:Belizean cuisine]]
[[Category:Burmese curries]]
[[Category:Cambodian curries]]
[[Category:Fijian cuisine]]
[[Category:Garlic dishes]]
[[Category:Ginger dishes]]
[[Category:Indian chicken dishes]]
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[[Category:Indo-Caribbean curries]]
[[Category:Indo-Caribbean cuisine]]
[[Category:Nepalese curries]]
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[[Category:Vietnamese chicken dishes]]
[[Category:Surinamese cuisine]]
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