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    Home » Food » Easy Dinner Recipes

    Nasi Lemak-Style Grits and Curry Chicken Recipe - Malaysian Kitchen Cuisine

    February 18, 2015 by Jenn 19 Comments

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    This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Malaysia Kitchen for the World. All opinions are 100% mine.

    I love food. I love experimenting with different cuisines, pushing the limits of our routine and introducing my taste buds to new and exciting flavors - like Malaysian cuisine! While I've never been to Malaysia, I love bringing a little bit of the South China Sea food scene to Miami by trying my hand at recipes with a Malaysian flair.

    Did you know that Malaysian cuisine is the ultimate in fusion cooking? This fascinating cuisine blends the flavors and food traditions of Malay, Chinese and Indian while bringing in influences from Indonesia, Thailand, Portuguese and the Middle East. All of those influences create complex flavors with a few kitchen staples you're probably already using in your cooking: curry, turmeric, cardamom, lemongrass, ginger and tamarind.

    When combined, these flavors create the ultimate experience for your palate! The tastes of Malaysian cuisine have been rated the number three top-trending flavors by the National Restaurant Association, they're that good!

    Nasi Lemak-Style Grits and Curry Chicken Recipe – Malaysian Kitchen Cuisine

    I just recently tried to create a Malaysian dish at home, and the results were amazing! I started with a recipe by Chef Dale Talde, and added my own twists. While I do love having an easy-to-follow recipe at hand, cooking is always more fun when you add your own personal flair to a dish!

    I recreated Chef Dale Talde's Nasi Lemak-Style Grits, Poached Egg, Fried Anchovy, Curry Chicken Recipe, with a few changes. Some may like Anchovies, but in my house...not so much. To each their own!

    Nasi Lemak-Style Grits and Curry Chicken Recipe – Malaysian Kitchen Cuisine

    Nasi Lemak-Style Grits and Curry Chicken Recipe

    Ingredients
    • Grits
    • 4 c. white corn grits
    • 3 c. coconut milk
    • 1 c. water
    • 1 T. salt
    • 1 T. fish sauce
    • Curry chicken*
    • 2 T. vegetable oil
    • 2 lb. chicken thighs
    • 2 T. Lemongrass Coconut Curry Sauce
    • 1 small onion, cut medium dice
    • 2 cloves garlic
    • 1 T. ginger, minced
    • 3 T. Tamarind juice
    • 2 c. coconut milk
    • 1 c. water
    • 1 T. Fish sauce
    • 2 T. sugar
    • 1 large potato, cut medium dice
    Instructions
    1. Grits Method: In a pot add coconut milk, waters salt and fish sauce, bring to a boil.
    2. Slowly whisk in grits and bring to a low heat, constantly stirring.
    3. Add liquid as grits get thick; the mixture is to be a very thick stew, not mashed potatoes.
    4. Curry Chicken Method: In a medium pot add oil. Season chicken and brown skin side down for 5-8 minutes at a medium-high heat.
    5. Then add curry sauce and bring down to a medium heat and cook until aromatic.
    6. Add onion, garlic and ginger to pot and sauté until aromatic, 5-6 minutes.
    7. Add the rest of the ingredients and cover and braise until tender, 45 minutes to an hour.

    Sounds pretty simple, right?

    You can also substitute Tamarind seasoning mixed with water for the Tamarind sauce in this recipe; that is what the owner of the small Asian market advised me to do when she told me that no one in Miami would have this sauce. That is how her family makes her own Tamarind sauce!

     

    While you may not have access to some ingredients that are common in Malaysian cuisine, you can find quite a few at Whole Foods, Cost Plus and on Amazon.com! These sauces make cooking Malaysian cuisine so much easier, and if you keep a few of them on hand, you'll always be ready to whip up a new Malaysian Kitchen recipe when the mood strikes!

    Curry Laksa Paste

    Rendang Sauce

    Hot Chili Sambal

    Malaysian Black Pepper Sauce Mix

    Lemongrass Coconut Curry Sauce

    Lingham’s Hot Sauce

    Mango Preserve

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    Visit Malaysia Kitchen for the World for more information about the exotic flavors of Malaysian cuisine!

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    Jenn, AKA "The Rebel Chick," is a single woman who strives to help her readers live their best lives possible. Whether it be through sharing new recipes, sharing her dating stories, or encouraging people to embrace adventure and travel, she aims to inspire people to live full, happy and authentic lives.

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    Comments

    1. nicole dz

      February 18, 2015 at 6:03 am

      Wow what a different way to enjoy some good old grits, the flavor looks so awesome. Love the presentation.

      Reply
      • Pamela:: Still Dating My Spouse

        March 13, 2015 at 12:52 pm

        I was thinking as I was reading this, I have never had chicken with grits but its not a bad idea. Thanks for this recipe.

        Reply
    2. shelly peterson

      February 18, 2015 at 7:10 am

      This looks like an interesting dish. I have not tried anything like it before but it looks good.

      Reply
    3. Julie Wood

      February 18, 2015 at 7:40 am

      This looks like a very different recipe that I am used to trying and I think it is delicious and want to try it! I like the Lemongrass coconut curry sauce in this recipe. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    4. aimee fauci

      February 19, 2015 at 12:50 pm

      I've never had Malaysian food. It looks good and seems to have foods I've never heard of. It's very interesting and i'l love to try.

      Reply
    5. Coralie

      February 19, 2015 at 3:10 pm

      This looks really good. I love chicken and its always nice to find new recipes to try! I haven't had this combo before so I am looking forward to testing it out.

      Reply
    6. J. Merrill

      February 19, 2015 at 3:16 pm

      Wow that looks good. It's been a long time since I've had curry. Those pictures look great and my mouth starts watering as I read through the list of ingredients.

      Reply
    7. Patty

      February 19, 2015 at 4:22 pm

      That is some serious fusion going on there. I love grits and really have to start considering them in different ways like you have done here. Brilliant!

      Reply
    8. mary

      February 20, 2015 at 9:34 am

      When I traveled in Malaysia I LOVED the food. I even had this curry chicken. Don't quite remember grits on their menu but I do remember having rainforest fern leaves for my veggies. That is definitely an acquired taste!

      Reply
    9. Sheena @ Tea and Biscuits

      February 27, 2015 at 7:13 pm

      Your curry looks really tasty, we're big curry fans in this house and had a beef curry earlier in the week 🙂

      Reply
    10. Amy @ Ms. Toody Goo Shoes

      February 27, 2015 at 9:09 pm

      Looks really good - interesting ingredients! Thanks so much for linking up at Best of the Weekend!

      Reply
    11. Lou Lou Girls

      March 02, 2015 at 1:28 pm

      Super yummy recipe! This looks so amazing. Pinned and tweeted. We love to party with you, so I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm.. Have an amazing day! Lou Lou Girls

      Reply
    12. Miz Helen

      March 02, 2015 at 3:16 pm

      What a great combination of flavor, this looks awesome! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
      Come Back Real Soon!
      Miz Helen

      Reply
    13. Tammi @ My Organized Chaos

      March 11, 2015 at 2:56 pm

      My husband is all about the curry, I bet he'd love this recipe! Great ingredients!

      Reply
    14. Carrie

      March 11, 2015 at 4:04 pm

      I've never had Malaysian food but that looks delicious. I wonder how it would turn out without fish sauce? Deathly allergic

      Reply
    15. Dawn

      March 11, 2015 at 5:25 pm

      That looks delicious! You don't really see a lot of grits in Rhode Island, but now that I've moved to Florida, I'm hearing about them more. I think I'll make this!

      Reply
    16. Melissa Pezza

      March 11, 2015 at 5:38 pm

      That looks amazing! I really thought that grits were an exclusively southern USA thing. I can't wait to try this.

      Reply
    17. Robin {Masshole Mommy}

      March 11, 2015 at 5:43 pm

      I really love the taste of grits. I like that they are becoming easier to find in restaurants, too.

      Reply
    18. Debi

      March 17, 2015 at 12:08 pm

      Oh that looks so good. I never would have thought to mix the 2 tastes

      Reply

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