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Crisp, golden and juicy chicken legs simmered in a creamy, fragrant, gently curried coconut sauce, this easy chicken dinner with restaurant-worthy flavour pairs beautifully with hot basmati rice or flatbreads. Tinned corn offers convenience and can be used all year round, but if you have fresh or even frozen one, use them instead.
Coconut Chicken Curry with Sweetcorn
adapted from BBC Food
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- Pat the chicken pieces dry using kitchen paper and then sprinkle generously all over with salt.
- Heat half of the schmaltz in a large oven safe pan over a medium–high heat. Lay two chicken legs skin-side down in the pan and fry for 6 minutes without moving them, so the skin becomes nice and browned. Use tongs to hold the chicken as you cook and colour the edges for another 2 minutes, before turning the legs over to fry on the other side for 2–3 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Repeat with another two chicken legs. Remove to the plate.
- Reduce the heat to low–medium. Add the onion to the pan and cook for 5 minutes, until the onions colour a little.
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F.
- Add the curry powders to the onions. Stir, then spoon in the thick top layer of the coconut milk. Fry for a couple of minutes, then pour in the remaining coconut milk, coconut water and the sweetcorn. Place the chicken legs on top, skin-side up. Transfer to the oven and cook, uncovered, for 35-45 minutes. The chicken is cooked through when the juices run clear with no trace of pink when the thickest part of the leg, between the drumstick and the thigh, is pierced with a skewer.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve over rice if desired.
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Looks absolutely wonderful, Angie. There are many of my favourite flavours in this dish!
I love chicken:))
Me gusta el pollo al curry pero nunca lo he metido al horno, lo que me parece una buena idea para darle un sabor tostado.
It looks amazing!....a perfect fusion dish!...so many flavors!!.......Abrazotes, Marcela
Excellent! I’ll look for those ingredients at the shopping center, because I have to taste this—not just look at it.
That sure looks good, I love me some curry!
Looks yummy-christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
What a purrfect winter warmer dish... mew know what we're making this week!!! Thank mew for sharing and we hope your day is epic! 😻🎃🐾🎃😻
Chicken, it's would's for dinner!
Hello Angie :)
We all love chicken in our family, we love a good curry too, and coconut, so I'm sure this will be a great success. Thank you Angie for this super recipe.
That is an unusual combo indeed.
Another delightful chicken recipe, Angie! Curry, coconut and corn sounds like a fantastic trio.
This will be perfect for us one night. Bookmarking!
This looks delicious, Angie!
Like that the ingredients are kept simple, and easily accessible with tinned corn, and tinned coconut milk. The dish spells comfort to me :)
I’ve never thought of adding sweetcorn to a curry before, but it sounds like a wonderful combination. 😋
Another big yummo from me Angie :)
Looks wonderful.
My family would love this curry. Saving the recipe.
I know I would enjoy every bite of this dish.
I am up for anything with coconut
Looks good Angie. I'm not sure what curry is mild these days, probably Indian Curry down here. We use Keens Curry which is hotter than Indian.
Bardzo apetyczne i rozgrzewające danie.
This looks like a wonderful cozy dinner, Angie. I had not thought of adding sweetcorn to a coconut curry before, but the sweetness sounds like a lovely balance for the mild and hot curry powders. Crisping the chicken legs first and then finishing them in the oven in that creamy sauce makes perfect sense for keeping them juicy. I will definitely try this over rice with plenty of cilantro on top.
Sounds yummy, I love coconut. Take care, have a great day!
Flavorful and delicious. Yum!
Angie, what a wonderful looking recipe. It reminds me of the creamed corn I ate as a kid.
Hi Angie, your recipes and photos are so lovely that, at this rate, I might actually start eating chicken. :)))
Best wishes, and I hope you have a wonderful, warm November.
I love a chicken curry. In fact i am making one tomorrow!
What a lovely combination, Angie! Coconut and sweetcorn sound delicious in this curry.
Hi Angie! That chicken looks incredible! Adding sweetcorn to a coconut curry is such an interesting idea to balance out the spices. Saving this recipe to give it a try.
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