Name: Fragrant spiced chicken with banana sambal
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 large onions quartered; 4 garlic cloves; thumb-sized piece ginger peeled and roughly chopped; 600ml reduced-salt chicken stock; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 4 green cardamom pods; 1 large red chilli deseeded and finely chopped; 2 tbsp ground almond; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 500g skinless chicken breast cubed; small pack coriander chopped; 1 small red onion finely chopped; ¼ cucumber peeled, deseeded and diced; 1 small banana diced; zest and juice ½ lime; 250g pack ready-cooked brown basmati rice

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Fragrant spiced chicken with banana sambal

Fragrant spiced chicken with banana sambal

Sara Buenfeld

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 45 mins

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This spicy Asian-inspired dish is flavoured with coriander, cumin, turmeric, almonds and cardamom. Serve with a cooling chopped salad

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Ingredients

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2 large onions

quartered
4 garlic cloves
thumb-sized piece ginger

peeled and roughly chopped
600ml reduced-salt chicken stock
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp ground turmeric
4 green cardamom pods
1 large red chilli

deseeded and finely chopped
2 tbsp ground almond
2 tbsp tomato purée
500g skinless chicken breast

cubed
small pack coriander

chopped

For the sambal and rice (to serve 2, easily doubled)

1 small red onion

finely chopped
¼ cucumber

peeled, deseeded and diced
1 small banana

diced
zest and juice ½ lime
250g pack ready-cooked brown basmati rice

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal410

low
fat9g

low
saturates2g
carbs48g
sugars15g
fibre5g
protein34g
salt1.2g

Method

step 1

Put the onions in a food processor with the garlic and ginger. Blitz until it is as smooth as possible, then pour in half the stock and blitz again.
step 2

Heat a large non-stick pan, sprinkle in the spices and toast for 1 min. Pour in the onion mixture, the remaining stock and all but ½ tsp of the chopped chilli. Add the almonds and tomato purée, and stir well. Simmer for 35 mins until completely soft, stirring every now and then and adding a little water if the mixture starts to catch on the bottom of the pan.
step 3

Add the chicken and half the fresh coriander. Heat very gently for 10 mins to cook the chicken through. Mix all the sambal ingredients with the remaining coriander and chilli, and heat the rice following pack instructions. Serve the chicken and sambal with the brown rice.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2014

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