Well, I had gotten SOME of the stuff to make Erin's Indian-Style Stuffed Chicken Breasts, but ran out of money and had enough other things going on that I decided just to throw together something simpler.
After deboning the chicken breasts, I cut them into bite-sized chunks then sautéed them in a little bit of vegetable oil, adding the following: garam masala, fenugreek seeds, minced ginger, salt and pepper, coconut milk and plain yogurt. After simmering that for a while, I served it over some Basmati rice, and it was delicious.
The big surprise came at lunch time, the next day, when I spooned some of the mixture (sans rice) onto a small plate to reheat it in the microwave. Of course, it was still very good, but the big revelation came when I licked the spoon that still had some of the COLD mixture on it. It was FANTASTIC! After that, I didn't even bother reheating it, and I just had the last bit of it - cold - for lunch, today.
Unfortunately, I didn't have any bread to try it on a sandwich (nor even any flour tortillas to make a wrap), but I think this would be a perfect Quiznos-style sandwich with some lettuce and red onion (no tomatoes, though, and with the chicken diced into smaller chunks), topped with Swiss cheese then toasted just enough to crisp the outside of the bread and melt the cheese a bit. WOW! I can taste it already! (Of course, it helps that I just finished my non-sandwich lunch portion just a few minutes ago.)
This is something with which I'm going to continue to experiment - actually measuring the ingredients the next time. Also, even though I used a pretty generous amount of garam masala, I think it could use just a little bit more - especially if this is going to be surrounded by bread, lettuce, red onions and Swiss cheese.
If I were running a sandwich shop, I'd put this onto the menu right away - at least as a special to see how it would be received. Either way, I know it's going to become a regular at home.
After deboning the chicken breasts, I cut them into bite-sized chunks then sautéed them in a little bit of vegetable oil, adding the following: garam masala, fenugreek seeds, minced ginger, salt and pepper, coconut milk and plain yogurt. After simmering that for a while, I served it over some Basmati rice, and it was delicious.
The big surprise came at lunch time, the next day, when I spooned some of the mixture (sans rice) onto a small plate to reheat it in the microwave. Of course, it was still very good, but the big revelation came when I licked the spoon that still had some of the COLD mixture on it. It was FANTASTIC! After that, I didn't even bother reheating it, and I just had the last bit of it - cold - for lunch, today.
Unfortunately, I didn't have any bread to try it on a sandwich (nor even any flour tortillas to make a wrap), but I think this would be a perfect Quiznos-style sandwich with some lettuce and red onion (no tomatoes, though, and with the chicken diced into smaller chunks), topped with Swiss cheese then toasted just enough to crisp the outside of the bread and melt the cheese a bit. WOW! I can taste it already! (Of course, it helps that I just finished my non-sandwich lunch portion just a few minutes ago.)
This is something with which I'm going to continue to experiment - actually measuring the ingredients the next time. Also, even though I used a pretty generous amount of garam masala, I think it could use just a little bit more - especially if this is going to be surrounded by bread, lettuce, red onions and Swiss cheese.
If I were running a sandwich shop, I'd put this onto the menu right away - at least as a special to see how it would be received. Either way, I know it's going to become a regular at home.
If blueberry muffins have blueberries in them, what do vegan muffins have?