C41 Precooked Chicken Karahi
Ingredients
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1 chicken breast |
1 tspn green chilli |
1 tbspn oil |
¼ tspn salt |
75 gm onion (prepared weight) |
1 tomato (see notes) |
½ tspn garlic |
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½ tspn ginger |
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Preparation
- Cube the chicken.
- Finely slice the onion.
- Crush the garlic.
- Grate the ginger.
- Make a paste by mixing the garlic and ginger with a little water.
- Finely chop the chilli.
- Chop the tomato into small pieces (see notes).
Cooking
- Heat a wok or heavy pan, add the oil and fry the onion for 2 min.
- Stir in the ginger and garlic paste and the chilli and fry, stirring regularly, for 2 min.
- Stir in the chicken, add the salt and tomato and fry for 1 min to seal.
- Stir in 2 tbspn of water and simmer for 10 min, stirring occasionally,
- Ensure that the chicken is properly cooked by chopping a chicken cube in half. It is cooked when it is white throughout.
- Transfer the chicken and its sauce to a small bowl to cool.
- The chiken and sauce can be used immediately, refrigerated for use in a few days or frozen.
Notes
3 tbspn of chopped canned tomatoes can be used but using fresh tomato will produce a better flavour.