Peak Refuel Chicken Coconut Curry

An excellent curry. Just straight up good, filling, solid quality.

Another curry, this time from Peak Refuel (which is fast becoming my go-to freeze-dried favorite). 

Preparation, Nutrition and Satiety:

Followed the directions on the bag: 1 and 1/3 cups boiling water and a 10-minute rehydration (with an extra stir in the middle, just for giggles).
Rice and chicken and carrot chunks rehydrated fully, everything tender and flavorful.

I think it could possibly have used a couple more tablespoons of water just to make the sauce a wee bit saucier, but that's probably a personal preference. This was more a "dry" curry as opposed to the more common restaurant "wet" curries. But the quality was right up there with restaurant and homemade curries.

LOTS of protein—44g for the whole package—and moderate sodium—950mg or 41% rda. Lots of fat to fuel your next day's hike—44g overall with 30g (or 150% rda) of that being saturated vegetable fats from the coconut. But it all felt balanced and satisfying.

The Experience:
Delicious. This is a great, fully satisfying meal both to replenish after a big miles day of prepare for the next big miles day.  I was actually sad to share this one with my partner. I could happily have finished the whole thing solo. Good spice mix with decent heat that was nowhere near overwhelming. Distinct cocOnut flavor, again without being overwhelming. Everything rehydrated properly in the time projected. This was far and away the most successful meal of our three-day trip. It's not the cheapest meal out there, but it is so worth the $14.

Great flavor. One of my favorite backpacking meals.

It's basically chicken, rice, and carrots in a coconut curry sauce. I'm sure there's some freeze-dried coconut in there, but it disappeared into the sauce. Surprisingly good flavor, especially for a freeze dried meal, but next time I'll need to add a little red pepper to give it some zing. I'm a hearty eater so the two-portion serving was perfect.

I was at 7,500' elevation when I boiled my water for this meal. I added an extra 1/8 of a cup of water to the directions prior to boiling. I let the water come to a solid boil for a minute or 2 and then poured the boiling water into the package. Stirred well once, let sit 5 minutes, stirred well again, let sit another 5 minutes and the chicken curry came out perfect. 

Note, I always use a meal cozy to keep backpacking meals warm until they're ready to eat.

Definitely buying this again.

Background

Bought it a few times from Amazon.

As the other reviewer stated, PEAK REFUEL, has become my favorite backpacking freeze-type meals for overall quality/ satisfaction in the field. Does need more water added than instructions say. I added 1/2 cup more water or would have been too dry/undercooked.

All good and simple easy instructions. No matter which meal chosen, Peak One hits the right consistency with tasty outcomes.

Background

Longtime backpacker/ bike tourister and used many different brands in the field with Peak One turning out a better product with a higher price tag.