Cecily Brownstone’s Country Captain
Updated December 5, 2024
- Total Time
- 1 hour 10 minutes
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Ingredients
¼ cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup freshly ground black pepper
1 broiler chicken, about 3 ½ pounds, cut into 12 pieces
¼ cup butter
1 medium-size onion, diced
1 medium-size green pepper, cored, seeded and diced
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
1 ½ teaspoons curry powder
½ teaspoon dried thyme
1 16-ounce can stewed tomatoes
3 tablespoons currants
⅓ cup blanched toasted almonds
Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)
27 grams carbs; 328 milligrams cholesterol; 1128 calories; 32 grams monosaturated fat; 15 grams polyunsaturated fat; 25 grams saturated fat; 78 grams fat; 7 grams fiber; 1026 milligrams sodium; 80 grams protein; 10 grams sugar
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Combine flour, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Coat chicken pieces with flour and place on waxed paper. In a large skillet over medium heat melt butter, then add chicken and cook until evenly browned. Remove with slotted spoon and set aside.
- Step 2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Step 3
Reduce skillet heat to low. Add onion, green pepper, garlic, curry powder and thyme to skillet. Scrape bits from bottom of pan. Add tomatoes, and return chicken to skillet.
- Step 4
Bake uncovered for 25 minutes, then add currants and cook 5 minutes more, or until chicken is cooked. If sauce gets too thick, thin with ¼ cup of water. Serve with almonds and steamed rice.
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The amount for the black pepper is still listed as 1/4 cup. It should be 1/4 teaspoon. Click the link at the bottom of the page for Long Ago Smitten, She Remains True To The Country Captain where you will see that the Times erroneously printed the authentic recipe as 1/4 cup and corrected it on April 24, 1991 to 1/4 teaspoon. Here that recipe and the same mistake are (currently) carried over AGAIN. (That's also an interesting read about the dish when you click the link.)
This is from the original NYT cookbook. Instead of a whole chicken I have used boneless chicken breasts cubed. A great dish for large crowd.
This was actually good. A family member requested the dish, which I had not heard of before. I used a lot less butter, plus some olive oil; more curry powder and golden raisins instead of currents. Oddly the instructions didn’t have you season the vegetables or sweat them Just followed my usual way, added the thyme and curry after the vegetables were done and cooked one minute. The kitchen smelled wonderful. In the unlikely event anyone else comes across this, I offer my two cents!
The amount for the black pepper is still listed as 1/4 cup. It should be 1/4 teaspoon. Click the link at the bottom of the page for Long Ago Smitten, She Remains True To The Country Captain where you will see that the Times erroneously printed the authentic recipe as 1/4 cup and corrected it on April 24, 1991 to 1/4 teaspoon. Here that recipe and the same mistake are (currently) carried over AGAIN. (That's also an interesting read about the dish when you click the link.)
This is from the original NYT cookbook. Instead of a whole chicken I have used boneless chicken breasts cubed. A great dish for large crowd.