Start with a whole chicken, cut up, and simmer in a homemade barbecue sauce of ketchup, cola, cider vinegar and a splash of bourbon for a Southern barbecue flavor.
Depending on what you like and what's available, this recipe works well with both red (which has traditional curry ingredients plus chile powder and can be spicier) or classic Indian yellow curry powder.
Be sure to buy good-quality dried porcini mushrooms (with large white cross sections). Cheaper ones are dark and shriveled and have an overly pungent aroma, which will give the stew an off taste.
