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Nutty Chicken Curry
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25 MIN · STOVETOP

Nutty Chicken Curry

Quick peanut butter chicken curry with fresh coriander paste.

gluten-freechickencurryquickeasyweeknight

Ingredients

  • 1red chilli, large; quarter finely sliced for garnish, rest used in paste
  • 1/2ginger, thumb-sized piece; for paste
  • 1 clovegarlic, large; for paste
  • 1 bunchcoriander, stalks used in paste; leaves for garnish
  • 1 tbspsunflower oil
  • 4chicken breasts, cut into chunks
  • 5 tbsppeanut butter
  • 150 mlchicken stock
  • 200 ggreek yogurt

Method

  1. 1

    Finely slice a quarter of the chilli and set aside for garnish. Place the rest in a food processor with the ginger, garlic and coriander stalks and one-third of the leaves. Blitz to a rough paste, adding a splash of water if needed.

  2. 2

    Heat the oil in a frying pan over high heat. Brown the chicken chunks for 1 minute.

  3. 3

    Stir in the paste for 1 more minute, then add the peanut butter, stock and yogurt.

  4. 4

    Once the sauce is gently bubbling, cook for 10 minutes until the chicken is just cooked through and the sauce has thickened.

  5. 5

    Stir in most of the remaining coriander leaves, then scatter the rest on top with the sliced chilli. Serve with rice or mashed sweet potato.

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