Dads Easy Homemade Chicken Curry
Finished pot of curry
Ingredients
Spices on a plate
Garlic, onion and spices
Add the tomatoes
5 minutes before the end add Garam Masala
Finished dish, pre coriander
Serve with all the trimmings
Ingredients:
Serves 4 | 45 mins cook | Approximately 1,138 calories = 284 cals per serve
Store-bought roast chicken/ or Chicken breast (2-3 large fillets)
2 Tins of tomatoes
1 White onion
2 Garlic cloves
1 Tsp Grated ginger / jar ginger
1 Tsp Chilli powder & option to add an additional fresh chilli if you like it hot!
1 Tsp Cumin
1 Tsp Turmeric
1 Tsbp Garam Masala
Options for serving:
Microwave rice
Naan bread
Poppadoms
Mango Chutney
Chopped Coriander
Greek Yoghurt
Wedge of lemon for squeezing
Instructions:
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients
Lay out the spices on a plate, separate the Garam Masala as this gets added in towards the end.
Finely chop the onion, garlic & fresh chilli, if you want to add this in.
If using raw chicken breast chop into chunks, if store bought - do nothing at this stage!
Step 2: Cook the base sauce
Put a large saucepan on a medium heat ad put oil into a pan - quite a bit as the spices will absorb this.
Add the onion and fry for a few mins until until very light brown.
Add the garlic and spices (except the Garam Masala, as this goes in towards the end) and fry for a minute to cook and release the spice flavours, add more oil if it starts sticking.
If you are using raw chicken breast at this point you would add the chicken to get coated in the spices for 3-5 mins and sear on the outside.
Add the tinned tomatoes, and then fill the tin up with water and add an extra tin of water into the sauce, stir and bring to the boil for 5 minutes.
Step 3: Let the sauce simmer
Turn the heat down on low to medium
Half cover the sauce pan with a lid and leave a little gap to let the steam come out
Leave it to simmer for approximately 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Step 4: 5 minutes before turning off
Add the Garam masala (this helps thicken and acts like a pepper which will give a rich flavour), stir and turn off the heat.
Add the store bought chicken into the sauce.
Sprinkle with Coriander and squeeze of lemon and serve with all the additions!