Cooking with Jason - Our Centre Cook!

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We are so lucky to be treated by his amazing cooking for all of our meals, even our parents rave about his cooking! He always goes above and beyond to deliver the most nutritious and tasty meals.

Here we can see Jason cooking one of our favourites, chicken curry, which can be altered to dietary requirements.

Our tamariki love getting to observe Jason make our meals and learn a lot about cooking and eating healthy. Jason even makes time to bake with us during our school holiday programs and special occasions!

Chicken Curry Ingredients:

  • 2kg Chicken
  • 2 onions chopped
  • 2 Tbsp garlic
  • 4 Tbsp mild curry powder
  • 2 Tbsp veggie stock powder
  • 2 cans coconut cream
  • 4 cans of tomatoes
  • 2 cans of chickpeas
  • 1kg bag of mixed vegetables (peas, carrots, kumara)
  • Salt and Pepper

Instructions:

  1. Cook chicken in the oven. 
  2. Process in kitchen-whizz into chunks.
  3. Add a little oil into an electric fry pan, sauté onions and garlic until soft.
  4. Add curry powder, stir until coated in curry.
  5. Add vege stock powder, coconut cream, vegetables, chickpeas and tomatoes.
  6. Bring to the boil. 
  7. Cook until vegetables are hot and soft, then use stick blender to make a sauce.
  8. Take out enough for vegetarians. 
  9. Season with salt and pepper. Add chicken and simmer.
  10. Add extra water if necessary to change the consistency of sauce. Serve with rice.

Leftover curry can also be frozen - You’ll never go hungry when Jason is around!

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