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Chicken Balti

A takeaway-style chicken balti with that authentic BIR flavour. Uses a pre-made base sauce for speed without sacrificing taste.

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
11
Ingredients
12
Steps
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Requires G3Make just enough for tonight

G3 Simple Fried Base

300 ml (1–2 portions) · 15 minutes · Simple

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Key ingredients

1 tbspn oil · 100 gm onion (prepared weight) · 1 tspn garlic (finely chopped) · 1 tspn ginger (finely grated) · 2 tbspn chopped tomatoes · 2 heaped tspn tomato purée · +6 more

Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 chicken breast
  • ½ onion
  • 2 tbspn oil
  • ½ green pepper
  • 150ml Simple Fried Base Sauce
  • ¾ tspn garam masala
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • ½ tspn ground cumin
  • ½ tspn paprika
  • 1 tbspn fresh coriander
  • ½ tspn hot chilli powder

Method

  1. 1

    Thinly slice the onion.

  2. 2

    Crush the garlic and mix with a little water to make a thin paste.

  3. 3

    Deseed and thinly slice the yellow pepper.

  4. 4

    Slice the tomato into wedges.

  5. 5

    Roughly chop the fresh coriander.

  6. 6

    Heat the oil in a suitable pan and cook the onion, stirring regularly, for .

  7. 7

    Stir in the garlic and cook, stirring, for about .

  8. 8

    Stir in the chilli powder and cook, stirring, for adding a little c46 base sauce if needed to prevent drying and burning.

  9. 9

    Stir in the c46 balti paste, tomato purée, and 40 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to prevent drying.

  10. 10

    Stir in the c41 pre-cooked chicken, salt and 80 ml of c46 base sauce and cook, stirring regularly, for , adding c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency.

  11. 11

    Add the yellow pepper, sliced tomato and fresh coriander and cook, stirring occasionally, for , adding a little c46 base sauce as needed to maintain the desired sauce consistency

  12. 12

    Serve with rice and garnish with freshly chopped coriander.

My Notes

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