Ingredients:
2T.oil
1tsp. minced garlic
2 tsp. curry powder
1 lb. chicken breast
2 carrots
1 onion
1 green pepper
2 celery stalks
6 oz. mushrooms
1 cup rice
Preparation:
1. Mix minced garlic, and half the curry powder and oil in bowl.
2. Put chicken in bowl and refrigerate until ready to cook.
3. Grill chicken.
4. Cook rice as instructed.
5. Chop vegetables and saute in oil with the remaining curry powder.
6. Cut chicken and mix with vegetables.
7. Place chicken and vegetable mixture over rice.
Felice Jenson, a trainee at 3rd & Eats Restaurant, created the above recipe. The restaurant, located at Judiciary Square, not only serves delicious food each day, but also contributes greatly to improving the community. Unlike ordinary restaurants, the 10 to 15 trainees that make up the staff of 3rd & Eats are low-income or formerly homeless individuals who are clients of Community Family Life Services (CFLS), a nonprofit social service agency located next door to the restaurant. Trainees are enrolled in CFLS’s culinary arts training program for 18 weeks and participate in on-the-job training and classroom instruction. They are also simultaneously enrolled in the National Restaurant Association’s sanitation course, which when completed earns them a basic food supervisor’s license. The goal is for trainees to obtain and retain positions in the culinary arts at an average wage of $8 to $10 per hour to help support and put their families back on the road to stability. Stop by for breakfast or lunch at 3rd a& Eats, located at the northwest corner of 3rd & E Streets, NW.
