In the comments for her excellent crockpot post, Ruth requested this recipe. I figured I would share it with all of you and spare you from one of my usual nutrition-based rants about pasta bread bowls and the like. (Feel free to thank me later.) This recipe was inspired by the real deal Thai curry made by my buddy Sean’s father-in-law. I looked for a Paleo recipe equivalent and found this one on CrossFit East Bay’s site. There were a few things I chose to omit and do differently, but I want to give credit where due. Their recipe calls for a lot more vegetables, but due to size constraints in the crockpot I prefer to primarily cook meat in there and prepare vegetables separately when needed.
Since I’m fairly lazy, I wanted to adapt this to make it in the slow cooker. (Plus, I like that the bones become chewable if you let it cook long enough.)
Ingredients:
- Chicken (I used two package of drumsticks for the higher fat content. Yes, I was picky enough to get free-range organic chicken. So sue me.)
- 1 can of coconut milk (the real kind with full fat, not the “light” stuff from Trader Joe’s)
- 1 cup of chicken broth
- 2 tbsp of fish sauce (preferably one without sugar to keep it Paleo)
- 2 tbsp red curry paste (feel free to try yellow or green if you prefer)
- 1 tbsp unrefined, unfiltered coconut oil
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 1 bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 2-3 cloves of garlic
- 15-20 fresh basil leaves, save additional for garnish
- Salt to taste
Throw all the ingredients in the crockpot on low. Let it do it’s thing for anywhere from 12-15 hours, then remove from slow cooker, store in tupperware and refrigerate. While you could enjoy it fresh from the crockpot, letting it sit in the fridge will really allow the flavors to meld. Reheat, garnish with fresh basil leaves (I add freshly ground sea salt at this time) and serve.
Suggestions: The next time I make this I will probably saute the onions and garlic before adding them to the cooker just to bring out their flavors a bit more. Things I forgot and would add next time: pineapple, bamboo shoots, straw/umbrella mushrooms and maybe some fresh lemongrass. (The curry paste has lemongrass, but more would have been good.)
WOD – 8.6.09
“Jackie Gone Bad”
For time:
- 1K Row
- 50 Hang Power Cleans
- 30 Box Jumps
Please post times to comments.
9:49 The Roger Progression really helped out my row time
8:42 or so. I’m glad the Rodgers Rowing Warmup Progression was effective this morning. Just wait, it’ll be as famous as the Bergner prgoression one of these days!
Who spells Rodger without the D? What a loser!
A. what is the roger’s progression?
B. what weights did you guys use? i’m trying to figure out what load is should use for the HPC
Lol…Marcus knows what I’m talking about. It’s all about exposure, just getting your name out there. Who cares how it’s spelled. Anyways…
95# HPC
30″ Box Jump
speaking of WODs involving rowing, i recommend that you guys do yesterday’s CFHQ WOD.
3 rounds
500 meter row
21 burpees
400 meter run
my time: 16:36
i dont know if it was the from eating too close before the WOD or from this past weekend 6man partying, but i felt like i was gonna have a heart attack after this one. enjoy.
Work is really cutting into my crossfit browsing time…this sucks!
I’m hiding in the engine (the joys of being a rookie firefighter) wishing I could do this wod but they don’t let me workout and my hands look like roast beef so pleaseeee write more posts so I can read something to pass the next 48hrs I’m stuck here bored out of my mind!! Thank you
Damnit, I need to come up with a progression and maybe someday someone will spell my name wrong too!
Lil Ryan, u poor thing. You know Big Ryan came in and broke the pullup bar to avenge you yesterday. Good lookin out, man! Take care of those roast beef hands. Vitamin E and no more pullups!!
40kg / 24″ – 10:38
what a week! 11:47 at 88 lbs cleans and 30″ box. Rough rough rough…(that’s what she said!)
made up monday’s WOD instead
8:4something, i think
20# medball / 1 pood kayaks
6-5-5 deadhang pullups
awe lil ryan…take care of those hands dude!
and will someone please explain this Rodgers Rowing Warmup Progression please???
95# + 24″ box
8:40
40 kilos – 24″ box = 9:29
Roger/Rodgers or Bergner/Burgener… as long as the name is getting out there, who cares if they spell it right?