Country Captain Chicken is cooked in a super flavorful curry tomato sauce with bacon. It has a wonderful sweet spiciness to it. This delicious chicken stew is a southern dish like no other.

 
I love to serve this stewed chicken over white rice. Country Captain is an unusual southern dish with the spices of the East. It is mostly associated with the port cities of Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC.
Often Country Captain is made with bone-in chicken but this one is made with boneless chicken thighs, making it super easy to eat.
Country Captain Chicken is one of my favorite southern chicken recipes. There are so many flavors in this dish and they combine so well. The ingredient list is a little long, but all the ingredients are needed to really build a depth of flavor. One of my favorite ingredients in this recipe is the garam masala. It smells heavenly. There’s also curry powder, cayenne, a guajilla chile, garlic, ginger, raisins, and bacon.
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE:
To make Country Captain Chicken, the chicken pieces (I use chicken thighs) are browned in bacon fat. Then the aromatics are cooked until softened. There’s carrots, bell pepper, onion, and garlic.
Next tomatoes, broth and raisins are added and the pot is transferred to the oven.

 
It bakes for 15 minutes with the lid on and then 15 minutes uncovered so that it thicken up and the flavors intensify.
It is topped with slivered almonds and crumbled bacon and served over rice.

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