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CHINESE CHICKEN CURRY

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Serves: 3-4

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This is a really easy chicken curry recipe and tastes fab, beats any take-away curry, everyone must try it!

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Ingredients

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  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 1 onion (sliced)
  • 1 small carrot
  • 1 handful broccoli
  • 1 green chilli
  • 1 clove garlic
  • olive oil
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 pinch of pepper
  • medium fresh root ginger
  • 1 bunch spring onions
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 500 ml chicken stock
  • basmati rice

Method

  1. Cut the chicken into bite size pieces, season with salt and pepper and add 1tbsp cornflour, stir fry in 1 tbsp oil. Keep aside.
  2. Stir fry the chopped garlic, 1 tbsp grated ginger, chopped chilli, onion, carrot and broccoli. After a few minutes add the chicken stock, tumeric, curry powder, star anaise and brown sugar.
  3. After about 10 mins add the chicken and cornflour (1tbsp cornflour/2tbsp water) to thicken. simmer for approx 30 minutes.
  4. Serve with basmati or egg fried rice and prawn crackers, sprinkle with chopped spring onion if desired.

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  • lovely easy recipe ,really chinese tasting. i have wanted to make chinese curry for ages , never knew how. this is fab and the children loved it . will make it again and add it to my curry list . great.put noodles in remaining sauce with stir fry veg that was fab too

    Posted by candgtjsmztd on 1st May 2012 at 18.06