Coconut Chicken Curry

"It's hot here at night, lonely black and quiet, on a hot summer night..." (Name that song! I'll put the answer at the end of this post.) It's been really hot here lately. So, I decided to try this recipe and bust out the crock pot. It sounded really easy and I was willing to give making Indian food a try. I've never made Indian food, heck, I've never even gone out to an Indian restaurant. But it sounded good so I decided to be adventurous. Here's the cast of characters minus the chicken and garlic.

I forgot the garlic-I'm not a fan of garlic so I didn't want to buy a whole bulb, or a big jar of minced garlic. And then I got distracted at the grocery store looking for fancy spices. Sue me.
Honestly I can't say if you can find curry powder and garam masala at your standard grocery store, I went to an organic market near our apartment since their produce is awesome and prices are great too. But I'm betting you can with how large the ethnic food sections of grocery stores have gotten.
We don't have a food processor, so I just used my Ninja blender. I love that thing and it worked fine. I know I sang the praises of kitchen scissors for cutting chicken into chunks in an earlier post, but since this recipe calls for bigger chunks, a big 'ol knife worked just fine.

 Throw the chicken and sauce into the crock pot and walk away.

 Having a curious little kitchen buddy helps.

6 Hours Later....

This is what I ended up with.

I don't know what I expected, but this wasn't it. Husband, who has actually had Indian food before liked it and said it wasn't too bad. Not amazing, but not terrible. Personally, I thought it was too oniony and so I wasn't a fan. And I didn't taste any coconut, which disappointed me. So honestly, I don't really think this one was much of a winner. Husband gives it 3 stars, I give it 2.

Oh, and the song I quoted at the start of this post was Hot In The City by Billy Idol. ;)