Sausage Curry

Before I decided to jump whole-heartedly into the Paleo universe I picked up a couple packages of turkey kielbasa at the grocery store. They were on sale, and while I generally try to avoid overly processed foods anyway, I thought it might be nice to switch things up a bit. My youngest suggested cutting it up and putting it into macaroni and cheese (which, I'll admit, is one of my guilty pleasures - I just don't eat it more than once every 9 months or so), but having eaten so extremely clean the last couple of weeks and pretty darn clean before that, I knew it would SHRED my insides. I didn't have a lot of veggies left since shopping day was tomorrow, so this was one of those "just start throwing a bunch of stuff together and see how it turns out."

 

There's not a lot of ingredients and it came together quickly. I truly had no idea the coconut milk would thicken up like it did. Surprise! It was a good surprise though. My original idea was for more of a soup/stew type meal, but I think the thicker sauce actually made it better. I did not serve it over the cauliflower rice as I suggest in the directions, but I just know that would have been heavenly.

 

Here's the downside: it did hurt my tummy. Too clean for too long, I suppose. Or, it could be that there's a miniscule amount of garlic in curry powder. There isn't much, but it could have been enough. Looking at the list of ingredients I suspect curry powder has less garlic than chili powder - which I can tolerate - so I really believe it was the overly processed sausage that got me. Oh well, live and learn. Once you go clean, you'll know what I mean! HAHA! Sorry, guess I'm being a bit of a nerd today. I'm going to look for some paleo-friendly sausage and try again, because the flavors were just wonderful.

 

Ingredients:

1 package turkey kielbasa sausage
3 red potatoes (mine were on the larger side)
1/2 sweet onion
Drizzle olive oil
1 cup full fat canned coconut milk
1 cup unsweetened packaged coconut milk
1-2 T. curry power
Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste

 

Directions:

Slice sausage into thin discs. Scrub potatoes and cut into bite sized chunks. Quarter and slice onion (I sliced mine a little thicker than normal because I wanted it to be a part of the dish rather than just a flavor).

 

Drizzle a small amount of olive oil in a large pot. Add onion and potato. Cook, stirring frequently, until potato and onion are soft but not completely cooked. Add sausage slices and cook until they start to brown. The potatoes should still be slightly undercooked at this point.

 

Add coconut milks, curry powder, salt & pepper. Stir well and check seasonings, adding more if needed. Keep in mind the flavors will intensify as the sauce reduces. Bring to a simmer and cook until potatoes are completely cooked and sauce has thickened (about 20 minutes).

 

Serve hot, over cauliflower rice if desired.