I was cooking experimentally tonight. What started out as just frying a chicken breast and making a salad turned in to this:
1 white onion chopped
2 cloves of garlic finely minced
1 tablespoon of minced
some olive oil and some sesame oil to sautee
1 potato chopped up in to small chunks
1 chicken breast cut in chunks
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon tumeric
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 very ripe banana mashed up good
1 little can of tomato paste
some water to bring to a slight boil
served over steamed brocoli and asparagus with spinach salad on its side
that’s the sauce. it tastes like there’s red wine in it, but there’s not. it’s an interesting flavor. the tomato taste is a little overpowering so use less next time. the sharpness of the onion and the sweetness of the banana add a tangy sweet/sour appeal to the sauce. the potato chunks flatten out the sauce a bit so it is not so overpowering but could have been chopped even smaller or mashed into the sauce.
next time serve the sauce over top of basmati rice, with the chicken not in the sauce but sliced length wise and sitting on top of the sauce. Replace potatos or chicken or both with mushrooms. Would be good over pasta as a sauce. Asparagus and Brocoli on the side. Garnished with stuffed orange peppers.
Given the intensity of the flavour, might be good as a sauce for a side (broiled over a splayed baked potato?)
Would go well with cheese.
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