Chicken tikka with spiced rice

Chicken tikka with spiced rice

Indian food needn't be a guilty pleasure - this healthy baked chicken with fragrant, fresh rice is nutritious and flavoursome

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

plus marinating
Freezable

Low-fat

Method

  1. Slash each chicken breast deeply with a knife 3-4 times on one side. Put in a bowl and add 50g of the yogurt and the tikka paste. Mix well, cover and marinate in the fridge for 30 mins. Make the raita by stirring the cucumber and most of the mint into the rest of the yogurt. Season with black pepper, cover and chill.
  2. Heat oven to 240C/220C fan/gas 9. Scatter the onion wedges over a foil-lined baking tray. Remove the chicken from the marinade, shake off any excess and place on top of the onion wedges. Cook for 20 mins.
  3. Meanwhile, tip the rice, curry powder, peas and pepper into a pan of boiling water and simmer for 10 mins or until the rice is just tender. Drain well and divide the rice between 4 plates. Add the chicken, roasted onion and remaining mint. Serve with the cucumber raita.

PER SERVING

342 kcalories, protein 37g, carbohydrate 38g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 4g, sugar 7g, salt 0.7 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2012.

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  • 28 April 2012

    Scouty rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fab - simple, tasy and quick - good mid week meal.

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  • 02 May 2012

    Manav commented on this recipe

    Can I please ask what is a Tikka paste? Are we talking about pre-made sauces available in the super-market? If yes, isn't that cheating? :)

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  • 03 May 2012

    reema commented on this recipe

    this question is for the chef of the recipe.....do u think that curry powder or tikka paste bought off the shelves imparts the same flavour to the dish as a ginger-garlic-other spices mix do?

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    04 May 2012

    Sam commented on this recipe

    Manav - tikka paste is just the spices used to make a tikka already ground into a paste for you, not to be confused with tikka sauce in the jars that you just add to your meat to make a quick curry. You could buy each individual spice and do it yourself but Pataks make a great one and it saves a lot of hassle. Even Jamie Oliver tells you to use them in his cook books! My theory is, if there is a quicker way of doing something that still gives you the same result, why waste your time.. more time to enjoy the eating!

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  • 04 May 2012

    Helen commented on this recipe

    I am going to be cooking this for friends tomorrow night. Can you marinade over night. The dish looks nice. Will let you know after tomorrow.

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  • 04 May 2012

    shaz commented on this recipe

    Agree with Sam, Pataks is the best spice mix in the shops. It is not cheating, but very practical as you are not buying a load of spices and only using a little of each. I made this last week, the longer you marinate it, the better.

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  • 04 May 2012

    Helen commented on this recipe

    I have just marinated the chicken to leave over night. I agree with shaz there is nothing wrong with Pataks. i use Pataks a lot not only to marinate but to make curries, i made one yesterday using a curry paste. I also sometimes make curries from scratch but when your in a hurry it is good for convenience, and in no way is a form of cheating.

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  • 05 May 2012

    Helen commented on this recipe

    There does not seem to be an awful lot of rice to serve 4 people and as there is going to be 5 of us tonight, i am going to make the yellow pepper rice to go with the chicken with a slight variation ie will add some curry powder instead of the ginger and turmeric, i have made this rice before so know that it feeds 5

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  • 23 May 2012

    Ginnie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Try cutting the cooked chicken into chunks and stuffing pitta bread with lettuce, raita and the chicken. Also great BBQ'd.

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  • 25 May 2012

    Flaminglacer commented on this recipe

    Really quick and tasty - I'd do a little more rice perhaps but excellent for something good on the table without too much effort

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  • 25 May 2012

    Flaminglacer rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 31 May 2012

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very nice.

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  • 01 June 2012

    Redladym rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this last night and it was delicious. I used Greek yogurt as that was all I had and cooked more rice. I also had to substitute Garam masala for curry powder in the rice and that was yummy too. I will be making this again.

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  • 27 June 2012

    Eilidh's mum rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Love this recipe. I've made it good few times now and enjoy it as much every time! Definitely more rice needed than recipe but otherwise a great healthy and very easy meal.

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  • 23 July 2012

    Raven commented on this recipe

    is the tikka paste easy enough to get from the shops never seen it before?

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  • 11 August 2012

    Bitzy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I loved this and so did my mum and dad! I didn't use tikka paste but mixed the yogurt with some tikka powder seasoning. It was a really tasty, healthy meal that was a great alternative to most high fat, greasy takeaway options.

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  • 14 September 2012

    NettyRice rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    lovely, healthy and easy to cook - what more could you ask for?!

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  • 20 February 2013

    NellE rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Who cares if its cheating using a sauce when it tastes this good and takes so little time to make. more of these recipes please.

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  • 31 March 2013

    badzilla rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    After my plans changed I had to make this for one! Needed a little bit of creativity. Full blog and picture at http://www.badzilla.co.uk/Easy-Cook--Chicken-Tikka-with-Spiced-Rice

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  • 08 April 2013

    Lynsey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    A good dish, my 2 and 4 year old loved it. The rice needed salt but very quick and easy. Will make again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

plus marinating
Freezable

Low-fat

Ingredients

  • 4 skinless chicken breasts
  • 150g pot low-fat natural yogurt
  • 50g tikka paste
  • 100g/4oz cucumber , diced
  • 1 tbsp roughly chopped mint leaves
  • 1 red onion , cut into thin wedges
  • 140g easy-cook long grain rice
  • 1 tbsp medium curry powder
  • 50g frozen peas
  • 1 small red pepper , diced
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PER SERVING

342 kcalories, protein 37g, carbohydrate 38g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 4g, sugar 7g, salt 0.7 g

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