Chicken curry recipes - 37 recipes
As a nation we are known to love chicken curry! Save money and learn how to make your own chicken curry for a Friday night meal. Choose an Indian-inspired chicken curry or a Thai chicken curry, simmered in a coconut milk sauce. Add different vegetables such as aubergine or courgettes to discover new mixes of flavours and serve with naan bread and rice.
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Grilled chicken in a curry Philadelphia sauce
Details
servings 4
Level of difficulty Easy
Preparation time 20
Cost Budget Friendly
- 1/4 red chilli (seeded), finely chopped
- 100g Philadelphia
- 8 tomatoes
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tsp ginger, finely grated
- 500 ml chicken stock (cube)
- 1 tsp oil for cooking
- 600g chicken fillet pieces
- Satay sticks (skewers)
- Sprigs of coriander (leaves only)
- 320g rice
Prick the chicken on the skewers
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Chicken curry with quinoa
By Mets-Gourmandises
Mince the onions and fry in a pan
- 3 chicken breasts
- 1 tin of button mushrooms
- 2 onions
- 4 tbsp creme fraiche
- 2 tbsp curry
- quinoa
Curry Chicken with Mango
By Mimilafee sur son blog Mimilafée avec amour
Clean the leeks and remove 3/4 of the green
- - 500 g chicken breasts
- - 1 large mango (or 1 tin)
- - 2 thin leeks
- - 1 small fresh chilli, mild
- - 10 cl of coconut milk
- - 10 cl of water + 1 cube chicken (no fat)
- - 2 tablespoons oil
- - 3 tablespoon curry
- - 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- - salt
Methi Chicken (Slow cooked chicken in fenugreek leaves)
By Joydeep Pal, Joydeep's World of Food
This time I decided to cook chicken in fenugreek leaves after a successfull trial with Fish
- 1 kg Chicken (washed and medium pcs)
- 30 gm Kasoori Methi ( Fenugreek leaves)
- 2 or 3 Green Chillies
- 2 tablespoons of Ginger Garlic Paste
- 6-7 tablespoons of Oil : Sunflower oil
- Medium Size Onion: 1 no.
- Spices:
- Cummin Whole(Jeera): 1/4 teaspoon
- Cinnamon (Darchini): 1/4 of a stick
- Cardamom (Elaichi): 3 small one
- Clove (Labongo/laung): 3
- Bay leaves (Tejpata) : 3
- Black pepper : 2 table-spoon
- Coriander powder (Dhaniya): 1 table-spoon
- Turmeric powder (Halud/Haldi): 1 tea-spoon
- Water
- Salt to Taste
Recipe: Butter Chicken Curry, rated 3.8/5 | Gourmandize UK Ireland Gourmandize.co.uk
By vanitaza
Find this recipe for Butter Chicken Curry, rated 3
- 800g boneless and skinless chicken thighs, cut into 3-4cm pieces
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely crushed
- 2cm ginger, peeled and finely grated
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- ½ tsp hot chilli powder
- 1½ tsp lemon juice
- 75ml natural yoghurt
- ½ tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil, for brushing
- Sauce
- 1½ tbsp ghee or melted unsalted butter
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely crushed
- 2cm ginger, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 cardamom pod, seeds lightly crushed
- 2 cloves 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp hot chilli powder, or to taste
- 275ml tomato purée
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 40g unsalted butter
- 100ml double cream
- 1 tbsp chopped coriander, to garnish
Mango chicken curry
By gugus
Delicious Thai curry with mango - a great sweet and savoury taste!
- 2 chicken filets
- 1 red pepper
- 1 onion
- 1 mango
- 3 tbsp of thai curry paste
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
- 250 ml of coconut milk
- 2 cups of rice
Yellow Chicken Curry with Potatoes
By Laurapackham
1. Put vegetable oil into a wok, add the yellow curry paste, cook over a low heat until the aroma develops
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 tbsp yellow curry paste
- 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
- 300g of minced chicken
- 100g diced potatoes
- 100g sliced carrots
- 100g onion*
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 chopped red pepper
Chicken Kasha (Slow cooked chicken in spicy yoghurt curry )
By Joydeep Pal, Joydeep's World of Food
A very popular Bengali Main dish, Chicken Kasha, is cooked almost everywhere
- 1 kg Chicken (washed and medium pcs)
- 100 gm Yoghurt or curd
- 2 pc Tomato (big)
- 3 or 4 Green Chillies
- 2 tablespoons of Ginger Garlic Paste
- 6-8 tablespoons of Oil : Mustard (preferred)/Sunflower oil
- Medium Size Onion: 2 nos
- Spices:
- Cummin Whole(Jeera): 1/4 teaspoon
- Cinnamon (Darchini): 1/4 of a stick
- Cardamom (Elaichi): 3 small one
- Clove (Labongo/laung): 3
- Bay leaves (Tejpata) : 3
- Black peppercorns (Golmorich) : 10
- Garam Masala: ½ teaspoon
- Cumin powder (Jeera): 1 table-spoon
- Turmeric powder (Halud/Haldi): 1 tea-spoon
- Sugar: 1 tea-spoon
- Water
- Salt to Taste
Thai Chicken Curry with Bamboo Shoots
By Laurapackham
1. Put vegetable oil into a wok, add the red curry paste, cook over a low heat until the aroma develops
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 tbsp red curry paste
- 350g minced chicken
- 200g Bamboo Shoots
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 cup basil leaves
- 2 chopped red peppers
Indian Chicken Curry
By wendymcc
A personal creation using the spices of India
- 1 Large Onion
- 4 Garlic Cloves
- 1 Piece of Ginger (2inches)
- 6 Chillies green & red (vary to taste)
- 1 Tsp Turmeric
- 1 Tsp Paprika
- 1 Tsp Garam Masala
- 1 Tsp Hot Chilli Powder
- 1 Tin Chopped Tomatoes
- 400g Cooked Chicken Breast
- 6-8 Potatoes (Boiled)
- Salt to season
- 1 Tbsp oil for frying
- 1 Litre Boiled Water (from kettle)
Curried chicken & mango salad
By lovecooking247
This lightly-spiced, fruity salad is a modern take on Coronation chicken - a low calorie-lunch for two
- 6 chicken mini fillets
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 2 tsp curry powder
- 4 tbsp Greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp mango chutney
- zest ½ lime and 2 tsp juice
- 1 Little Gem lettuce, leaves separated
- 1 ripe mango, peeled and sliced
- ½ red onion, finely sliced
- 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
Thai Green Chicken Curry (Gaeng Khiao Wan Gai)
By food247
Gaeng Khiao Wan Gai or to give it an English name, Green Curry with Chicken, is one of the most popular dishes in T...
- 500g skinless, boneless chicken (in bite sized pieces)
- 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons Green curry paste
- 1 tablespoon Palm sugar
- 1-2 stalks Thai Lemongrass
- 6-8 Fresh Kaffir lime leaves, torn into pieces
- 200g Thai Eggplant
- 400ml (1 can) Coconut milk
- 2 tablespoon of Thai fish sauce
- Small handful of Thai Coriander, roughly chopped
- Thai Basil and Thai Red Chillies (optional)
RED THAI CHICKEN CURRY
By kenzofish
1.Peel shallots or onion and cut in half from top to root
- 2 shallots, or 1 small onion
- 1 stalk lemongrass
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3-4 tsp red Thai curry paste
- 4 boneless and skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sugar, brown is best
- 4 freeze-dried kaffir lime leaves
- 400ml can coconut milk
- 20g pack fresh coriander
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Mild Chicken Curry
- Olive oil
- 4 chicken breasts, diced
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 tin coconut milk (ideally reduced fat)
- Marinade:
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 1/2 tsp coriander
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 75ml water
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Thai chicken curry
- 2 Tbsp curry paste
- Splash of soy sauce
- Splash of fish sauce
- 4 chicken breast
- 2 tin of coconut milk
- Splash of oil
- Any vegetables you want.
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chinese chicken curry
- Chinese powder curry sauce
- chicken
- onion
- peas optional
- mushrooms optional
- rice
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Karai Chicken
- 2 lb boneless chicken (can use a combination of leg and fillet meat), cut into medium sized pieces, cleaned and washed
- 2 medium-large onions, diced medium
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ginger/garlic
- 2 dessertspoons Shan karai masala (spice)
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ~ 10 black peppercorns (mari)
- 2-3 tbsp oil
- 1tin tomatoes, blended
- 2 fresh tomatoes, blended with tinned tomatoes
- ~ 2 coloured peppers, sliced into strips
- a handful of chopped green dhana
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Butter Chicken Curry
- Marinate:
- 800g skinless, boneless chicken cut into pieces
- 2 peeled garlic cloves, finely crushed
- 2cm peeled ginger, finely grated
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ – 1 tsp hot chilli powder
- 1½ tsp lemon juice
- 75ml natural yoghurt
- ½ tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Sauce:
- 1½ tbsp ghee or melted unsalted butter
- 2 peeled garlic cloves, finely crushed / chopped
- 2cm stick peeled ginger, finely chopped
- Seeds from 1 cardamom pod, lightly crushed
- 2 cloves
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 -2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 – 3 tsp hot chilli powder(careful when touching)
- 275ml tomato purée
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 40g unsalted butter
- 100ml double cream
- 1 tbsp chopped coriander for garnish
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Thai Chicken Coconut Curry
- For the paste:
- 2-4 medium chillies (depending on how hot you want your curry)
- 4 spring onions
- 2 sticks of lemongrass
- Small piece of ginger (about the size of your thumb)
- Juice and zest of 1 lime
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- Good bunch of coriander
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 clove garlic
- For the curry:
- 800g chicken breast, diced
- 175g baby corn
- 175g sugar-snap peas (or mangetout)
- Juice of 1 lime
- 600ml coconut milk
- 400ml chicken stock
- 4 kaffir lime leaves (optional)
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Malai Chicken (Chicken in coconut...
- 1 kg Chicken (washed and medium pcs)
- 200 ml Coconut Milk
- 3 or 4 Green Chillies
- 2 tablespoons of Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 Tomato
- 4-6 tablespoons of Oil : Mustard (preferred)/Sunflower oil
- Medium Size Onion: 2 nos
- Spices:
- Cummin Whole(Jeera): 1/4 teaspoon
- Cinnamon (Darchini): 1/4 of a stick
- Cardamom (Elaichi): 3 small one
- Clove (Labongo/laung): 3
- Black pepper powder (Golmorich) : 1/4 teaspoon
- Garam Masala: ½ teaspoon
- Cumin powder (Jeera): 1 table-spoon
- Turmeric powder (Halud/Haldi): 1 tea-spoon
- Sugar: 1 tea-spoon
- Water
- Salt to Taste
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Chicken curry (spicy)
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic , chopped
- 1 jalapeno, chopped
- 1 tablespoon garam masala
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 to 4 cloves
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons curry powder
- 1/14 cup water
- 1 chicken, cut into 8 pieces
- 4 medium potatoes, peeled and
- diced
- Kosher salt
- Steamed white rice, for serving
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- 8 skinless chicken drumsticks
- 4 tbsp Patak's Tandoori Paste
- 1 tablespoon of lain yoghurt
- For the sauce
- 4-5 green cardamom pods
- 2 tbsp chopped cashews
- 8 tomatoes, halved
- 2 bay leaves
- 50g butter
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- ½ tsp dried fenugreek leaves (optional)
- 1 teaspoon of honey
- single cream
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Mild leftover meat curry
- 1 cup of brown rice or quinoa
- At least 8 oz of leftover meat
- 1 can tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons of mild curry powder
- 1 organic stock cube (beef unless using leftover chicken when you should use a chicken stock cube)
- 1 large onion
- 6 large mushrooms
- 1 oz butter
- Hot water
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- 2 tbsp chilli & garlic oil
- 1 red onion
- 1 red pepper
- 3 skinless chicken breasts
- 1 medium potato, peeled
- 2 handfuls cup mushrooms
- 1 medium dried red chilli
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 2 tbsp creme fraiche
- 2 tbsp red wine
- 2 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 2 tsp chopped fresh coriander
- 2 tsp mild curry powder
- 2 kaffir lime leaves
- 2 tbsp garam masala powder
- 1 tbsp ground turmeric
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- salt and pepper, to taste
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