FoodCoop Recipes
Healthy Chicken Balti
Shake dinner times up with this rich, hearty and flavoursome chicken balti dish – perfect for the family.
Prep
10 minutes
Cook
45 minutes
Serves
4
Ingredients
500g Co-operative Chicken Breasts
1 x Co-operative Onion
2 x Co-operative Garlic Cloves
1 x Tsp Co-operative Olive Oil
1 x Tsp Schwartz Garam Masala
1 x Tsp Schwartz Fenugreek
200ml Co-operative Low Fat Crème Fraîche
200g Co-operative Cherry Tomatoes
1 x Co-operative Fresh Bay Leaf
200g Co-operative Basmati Rice
1 x Oxo Chicken Stock Cube
1 x Handful Co-operative Fresh Mint
1 x Handful Co-operative Fresh Coriander
1 x Tbsp Schwartz Curry Powder
Method
Peel and chop the onion and garlic into small pieces.
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium-to-high temperature on the hob.
Once this has heated up, add the onion and garlic and fry for 5 minutes.
Chop the chicken breast into chunks, adding them to the frying pan.
Sprinkle in the garam masala and fenugreek and fry over a medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring continuously.
Pour the crème fraîche and cherry tomatoes into the pan, topping with the bay leaf.
Crumble the stock cube into the pan and stir well.
After a few minutes, add 100ml of boiling water and stir well.
Leave pan to simmer over a low heat for 25 minutes.
Combine the curry powder and 50ml of boiling water, stirring into a paste.
Roughly chop the coriander and mint.
Add the basmati rice to a pan of boiling water and simmer on a low heat for 12 minutes.
Once the mixture in the frying pan appears thick, add the curry paste, bayleaf, basil and coriander and stir well.
Drain the rice.
Enjoy!
