Aromatic chicken curry

Aromatic chicken curry

You'll be surprised how easy it is to make a tasty curry sauce from scratch

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan, then fry the onions gently for about 10 mins until softened and lightly golden. Add the spices and chicken, then fry for 2 mins, stirring to coat the meat.
  2. Dissolve the creamed coconut in 500ml boiling water, then pour into the pan and stir well. Season with salt, bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 mins until the chicken is cooked and the sauce has thickened. Sprinkle with coriander and serve with basmati rice or naan bread.
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Creamed coconut

Creamed coconut is very thick, like butter, and is sold in blocks wrapped in plastic. Store it in the fridge so it's easier to cut a piece off when you need it or simply grate it directly into food.

Per serving

380 kcalories, protein 40g, carbohydrate 9g, fat 21 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 1g, sugar 5g, salt 0.5 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2007.

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  • 15 April 2010

    Jane commented on this recipe

    I used 2 small fresh chillies as they were in the fridge. Couldn't buy block coconut so bought fat reduced tin instead. Very easy and tasty meal. Not too creamy as I used fat reduced milk which I prefer.

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  • 09 May 2010

    delsh21 rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    hmmm...mine didn't look much like the picture, perhaps because I used low fat coconut milk instead of coconut cream? I think next time I would leave out the coconut altogther and use a tin of chopped tomatoes instead.

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  • 15 July 2010

    centauri commented on this recipe

    At what point in this recipe would you freeze it? I'm always nervous about freezing meals, but it really helps to bulk cook it so I can just reheat later

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  • 25 August 2011

    fabnickyj commented on this recipe

    I love this, was so sick of greasy unknown ingredients take outs so this was manna from heaven, try it with homemade Naan....also easy on the chilli otherwise it does spoil it :)

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  • 13 March 2012

    geebee rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Mine looked nothing like the picture followed the recipe to the letter tasted vey bland and too coconutty waste of ingredients!

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  • 17 March 2012

    Riddler rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Have cooked this numerous times, each time adding extra's (more spices, peas, prawns etc) but each time it's been lovely. Perfect quick curry n very tasty

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  • 17 March 2012

    Skye Lou rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    yummy yummy. Really enjoyed this curry. Added ginger, garlic & turmeric as others suggested, and cooked it long and slow. Will definitely make this again!

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  • 29 April 2012

    Stuart rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this last night for me my girlfriend and my fussy dad (who doesnt usually eat curries) and it was really nice. I used mini fillets of chicken rather than thighs. I will definitely be making this again :-)

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 large onion , chopped
  • 4 tsp garam masala
  • 1 small cinnamon stick
  • 2-3 tsp hot chilli powder (depending on how you like your curries)
  • 8 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
  • 100g creamed coconut (we used 2x50g sachets Bart's creamed coconut)
  • handful of coriander leaves
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Per serving

380 kcalories, protein 40g, carbohydrate 9g, fat 21 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 1g, sugar 5g, salt 0.5 g

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