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Cooking Inside a Coconut

Name: Chicken and Rice Baked Inside a Coconut
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 large green or young coconuts; 2 cups coconut milk; 1 cup dried jasmine rice; 1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 small onion, finely diced; 2 tablespoons curry spice blend; Salt and pepper, to taste; To garnish:; Green onions; Chopped peanuts; Chopped cilantro

Practice your desert island survival cooking skills by cooking in a coconut!

Ingredients

4 large green or young coconuts
2 cups coconut milk
1 cup dried jasmine rice
1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 small onion, finely diced
2 tablespoons curry spice blend
Salt and pepper, to taste
To garnish:
Green onions
Chopped peanuts
Chopped cilantro

Steps

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Cut out top of coconuts using a heavy duty butcher's knife. Reserve coconut milk and bring to a boil.
Pour 1/4 cup rice into each coconut. Place one-fourth of the chopped onion, chicken, curry spice, salt and pepper into each coconut. Top coconuts with 1/2 cup boiling coconut milk and stir to combine. Wrap each coconut in a double layer of aluminum foil, and bake for 1 hour 40 minutes. Turn oven off, and allow coconuts to sit in oven for 20 minutes. Top with green onions, peanuts and cilantro. Enjoy!