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NATIONAL CURRIED CHICKEN DAY

 

Each year on January 12th, curried chicken lovers enthusiastically celebrate National Curried Chicken Day. They fill their dishes with a variety of flavorful spices and serve them to their friends and family.

 

When making a true curried chicken, don't reach for the curry powder. Instead, stew the chicken in a sauce made from clarified butter (known as ghee) onions, garlic, and a medley of spices such as cumin, coriander, cinnamon, ginger, and turmeric. Other ingredients include chilies and tomatoes.

 

Curry powder made its way into recipes by way of Britain. Their long-time presence in India left a desire for the flavors of the East on the palates of many of the English. Curry powder and recipes with it existed as early as the 1700s but curried chicken and other curried meat recipes gained popularity during the British Raj beginning in 1858.

 

Curried Chicken FAQ

 

Q. Is curried chicken spicy?
A. It doesn't have to be. However, the types of peppers used will develop the spice level more than almost any other ingredient.

 

Q. What other kinds of curried dishes are there?
A. The variety of curried dishes is quite broad. Consider these the next time you're ordering:

 

  • Tikka Masala
  • Red Curry
  • Green Curry
  • Vindaloo
  • Korma
  • Madras Curry
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NATIONAL STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM DAY - January 15 - National ...

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Creamy No Churn Strawberry Ice Cream in a small white dish topped with fresh strawberries, ready to be eaten

 

Strawberry Ice Cream (No Churn)

 

This is flavour money can't buy! Incredibly creamy, not a speck of iciness in sight, with beautiful fresh strawberry flavour. No ice cream maker required!

 
Prep Time: 20 minutes 
Cook Time: hour 
 

Servings: 6 - 8 people

 

Ingredients
  • 1 kg / 2 lb strawberries , ripe, hulled and halved
  • 1 tbsp white sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk (395g / 13 oz)
  • 2 cups / 500 ml cream , full fat, for whipping (Note 1)

Instructions

Roast Strawberries:

  • Preheat oven to 160°C/320°F (140°C fan) with shelf in the middle.
  • Pile strawberries on a tray. Sprinkle over sugar. Toss through, then spread strawberries out on tray.
  • Roast for 45 minutes, rotating tray halfway. Remove from oven, toss strawberries, then return to oven for 15 minutes. Keep an eye on it - don't want juices to become toffee and stick to tray.
  • Remove from oven, use spatula to scrape into a food processor, being sure to get all the juices and caramelised bits off the tray.
  • Blitz until smooth as possible (caramelised bits won't blitz smooth), scrape into bowl then cool completely.

Ice Cream Mixture:

  • Add condensed milk and vanilla into strawberries. Beat well for 1 1/2 minutes on high to aerate and combine.
  • Place cream in another bowl. Use electric beater to beat into stiff peaks - about 3 minutes on high.
  • Add a dollop of cream into the strawberry mixture. Fold through gently, don't beat in furiously (see video for technique). When mostly mixed through, add another dollop and for through about 5 times.
  • Tip strawberry mixture into the cream bowl. Gently fold through until it's a uniform pink colour - about 15 to 20 folds max. Some streaks is ok.

Freezing & serving:

  • Pour mixture into a container (preferably glass with airtight lid), smooth top.
  • Place sheet of baking paper on surface and press out air bubbles (stops icicles forming). Cover with lid, freeze 12+ hours.
  • Remove from freezer, remove paper. Scoop with ice cream scooper and serve in cones or bowls!

Notes

1. The cream used here must be cream for whipping. Some creams can't be whipped, they are just for pouring. The tub will say if it's whippable or not. Measurement is for un-whipped cream.
 
2. 12 - 18 hours freezing: Only 1 minute or so required to make scoopable. 24 hours+ freezing: Will require 3 to 5 minutes until it becomes scoopable. But don't worry, it doesn't melt into a puddle of liquid like sorbet, it softens like store bought ice cream.
 
3. Other fruits: I haven't tried this with other fruits with similar textures but this is the method I would recommend over stove top reduction of fruit puree that I use for my Mango No Churn Ice Cream. Reason is that you get better flavour from roasting, but you can get away with stove reduction with mango because a) it's one of the most intense flavoured fruit b) it's hard to roast mangoes effectively because it's peeled.
 
I think this roasting technique will work really well for peaches, nectarines and plums. I'd probably cut each peach into 6 or 8 wedges (with skin) then chop each wedge into 3 pieces or so. Then proceed with this recipe. The roasting time will be affected by how juicy the peaches are as they vary greatly, so go by eye and look for the thickened syrup you see in the video when I scrape the strawberries into the food processor. 
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@ChiliPepper 

 

Curry is one spice that is haunting me in the pantry....guess I just don't care for it...but I will take a double bowl of Strawberry Ice Cream!!!

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@RespectLife wrote:

@ChiliPepper 

 

Curry is one spice that is haunting me in the pantry....guess I just don't care for it...but I will take a double bowl of Strawberry Ice Cream!!!


@RespectLife 

 

Yep!

 

That & Chinese 5 Spice - my jar will outlive me I'm sure!!!

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@RespectLife wrote:

@ChiliPepper 

 

Curry is one spice that is haunting me in the pantry....guess I just don't care for it...but I will take a double bowl of Strawberry Ice Cream!!!


 

@RespectLife 

 

Ya, this is "cheater" ice cream - no ice cream maker needed.

 

I bet you have a YUMMY recipe for your IC maker!

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@ChiliPepper wrote:

@RespectLife wrote:

@ChiliPepper 

 

Curry is one spice that is haunting me in the pantry....guess I just don't care for it...but I will take a double bowl of Strawberry Ice Cream!!!


@RespectLife 

 

Yep!

 

That & Chinese 5 Spice - my jar will outlive me I'm sure!!!


 

 

@ChiliPepper 

 

We should 'will' it to our daughters!  LOL

 

Since mine doesn't cook or bake...my bottle will live til infinity!

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@ChiliPepper wrote:

@RespectLife wrote:

@ChiliPepper 

 

Curry is one spice that is haunting me in the pantry....guess I just don't care for it...but I will take a double bowl of Strawberry Ice Cream!!!


 

@RespectLife 

 

Ya, this is "cheater" ice cream - no ice cream maker needed.

 

I bet you have a YUMMY recipe for your IC maker!


I do @ChiliPepper 

 

I have one from I dunno where on the web....and one recipe for Strawberry from BJC.

 

It is one of my fav flavors...but I am in the minority in my family!

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Whooo Hoo!

 

I thought my heart was gonna stop 3x during that game!

 

Go Bills!!!!!

 

Love that picture!