Avocado With Curried Chicken

A very different dish, with an interesting combination of flavors. I found this recipe years ago when I had an abundance of avocados...sigh, those were the days. The extra toppings are your choice, I usually only use the peanuts and or bacon.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped apple
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped onion
• 1  garlic clove, crushed
• 1  tablespoon curry powder
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1  cup  light cream
• 1  cup chicken broth
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 2  cups chicken, cooked and diced
• 3 -4  avocados, halved and peeled
• 3 -4  cups cooked rice
•  chopped hard-boiled eggs or   crumbled bacon or   sweet gherkins or  coconut or  raisins or  peanuts

Directions

1. Saute onion, apples, garlic and curry powder in butter until onion is crisp-tender.
2. Stir in flour.
3. Gradually add cream and broth.
4. Cook and stir until sauce boils 1 minutes.
5. Add salt, peper and chicken.
6. Cook overl ow heat 10 minutes.
7. Arrange avocado halves on rice in oven-proof serving dish.
8. Heat in 350º oven for 5 minutes, just to heat avocado. (This can be skipped if you want the avocado room temp).
9. Spoon chicken over avocado halves.
10. Top with any toppings of your choice.