Country Captain

Ingredients

• all-purpose flour
  ⅓ cup
• salt
  1½ teaspoons
• ground black pepper
  ¼ teaspoon
• choice chicken pieces (about 2½ pounds)
  12 unit
• vegetable oil
  2 tablespoons
• butter or margarine
  2 tablespoons
• onion

  sliced and separated into rings
  1 unit
• garlic

  minced
  2 cloves
• curry powder
  1 teaspoon
• thyme leaves

  crushed
  ½ teaspoon
• x 14½- to 16-ounce can tomatoes

  quartered, undrained
  1 unit
• x 4-ounce can sliced mushrooms

  undrained
  1 unit
• raisins
  ½ cup
• green bell pepper

  coarsely chopped (optional)
  1 small
• hot cooked rice
  3 to 4 cups
• slivered almonds

  toasted, (optional)
  ⅓ cup