BBC Food - Recipes - Country captain chicken curry

Ingredients

• 1 large roasting chicken , cut into 8 pieces
• 120g/4oz butter
• 3 large onions , thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger root
• 2 cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 2.5cm/1in cassia stick
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• ¾ tbsp finely chopped fresh green/red chilli
• 200ml/7fl oz chicken stock
• ½ lemon , juice only
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• fresh coriander leaves, to garnish
• 200g/7oz rice , cooked according to packet instructions
• red onion , sliced into rings
• bacon, cut into thin strips and fried until crisp
• fresh coconut , grated
• peanuts
• 1 free-range egg , hard-boiled and chopped