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Chicken Curry Recipe

Chicken Curry Recipe

5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 4 - 6

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons peanut or canola oil
  • 1 medium finely chopped red onion
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 14.5- ounce can whole plum tomatoes
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 1 1/2 - inch peeled and roughly chopped piece ginger
  • 4 dried arbol chiles with the stems removed
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
  • 2 pounds skinless boneless chicken thighs, fat trimmed and halved
  • 2 medium red-skinned potatoes cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • Kosher salt
  • 2 tablespoons plain whole-milk yogurt preferably Greek
  • Pinch of garam masala
  • Chopped fresh cilantro
  • Cooked basmati rice

Instructions
 

  • Toast cumin. Heat oil in large pot on medium heat until it shimmers. Take cumin seeds and sprinkle in. Stir. They should darken slightly
  • Caramelize onion. Immediately add red onion and bay leaves to pot. Cook and stir often, until dark chestnut brown. Around 12 - 15 minutes.
  • Make tomato base. While onion is cooking, drain juice from tomatoes into a measuring cup to set aside. Puree tomatoes, ginger, garlic, chiles, paprika and turmeric in a food processor.
  • Saute the base. Add tomato base to onion mixture. Cook and stir until paste-like. About 10 minutes. When it starts sticking to the bottom, add potatoes and chicken. Cook and stir until sauce clings to meat and potatoes, and chicken is opaque.
  • Simmer the curry. Add honey to tomato juice set aside earlier and add enough water to make 1 1/2 cups of liquid. Pour into the pot. Season with salt and bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low to let simmer. Make sure it is uncovered and stir occasionally. Simmer until potatoes are tender and sauce is think, about 25 - 30 minutes.
  • Adjust seasoning. Gently stir yogurt in curry. Taste for seasoning, if necessary. Sprinkle with garam masala and serve on rice. Top with cilantro.

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