Tarragon and Chives

chicken vegetable curry curry powder, coconut oil, yellow onion  garlic, jalapeño, ginger chicken, potatoes, green beans, carrots, red pepper, peas, coconut milk,  cilantro served with basmati rice Happiness is a warm comforting bowl of chicken vegetable curry for dinner.  I love cooking the curry powder, onions, garlic, jalapeño and ginger in melted hot organic virgin coconut oil. I've baked with coconut oil several times  but recently have starting using it more to replace cooking with butter or olive oil. I like rubbing coconut oil on my hands when I'm cooking, especially now in the time of covid when we're washing our hands all day long.  I bloomed my sweet curry powder, spice house blend, in the coconut oil and then added onions, garlic, jalapeño and ginger to give the curry a flavorful base before adding two bone-in trimmed chicken breasts plus broth to simmer in the pot of aromatics.  While the chicken cooks I prepared all the veggies, which are adde...

Spicy Chicken and Rice Noodle Soup We like this style of slightly spicy chicken noodle soup and I make this recipe or a version of it fairly often. Now that we have to worry about getting sick from Covid 19 when we dine out, it's great to have recipes to prepare a variety of international fare for dinner. So, here is my version of Viet noodle soup, this time made with A Taste of Thai noodles from my local market.   Makes 4 servings Ingredients for Spicy Chicken and Rice Noodle Soup 1 star anise 2 teaspoons coriander seeds  1 teaspoon four peppercorn blend Stems from one bunch of cilantro  1 tablespoon of vegetable oil 1 yellow onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1" piece of ginger, peeled and finely minced 1 Jalapeño, sliced, seeds removed and minced 2 skinless boneless chicken breasts 4 cups chicken broth 1 can unsweetened coconut milk 2 tablespoons fish sauce 5 ounces rice noodles Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Minced cilantro and mint, for spr...