Name: Chilli chicken and spinach masala recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: 6 chicken thighs skinned and boned

By GoodtoKnow

published 2 August 2019

This heartwarming dish is perfect dinner for all the family. Marinade the meat in the day and whip it up in an hour in the evening - perfect!

Ingredients

6 chicken thighs skinned and boned

For the marinade:

1/2 thumb sized piece of ginger grated
3 cloves garlic sliced
1 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp turmeric
100ml natural yoghurt

For the sauce:

50g unsalted butter
1 large onion diced
4 cloves garlic crushed
1-2 large green chillies finely diced or to taste
1/2 thumbsized piece of ginger grated
2tsp garam masala
1tsp ground cumin
1tsp ground coriander
1/2tsp turmeric
500ml carton tomato pasatta
200ml chicken stock
150g baby spinach
50ml natural yoghurt

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Method

Quarter the chicken then place into a bowl along with the marinade ingredients, cover and leave for at least two hours.
When you're ready to start cooking a few hours later, melt the butter then fry the onion, garlic, chilli and ginger for 5-6 mins. Add the spices and cook for a further 3 mins.
Then add the chicken to the pan along with the pasatta and stock. Bring the mixture to the boil and then reduce the heat to a gentle simmer.
Cover and cook for 40-50 mins.
Add spinach 5 minutes before serving and stir until wilted.
Add in the yoghurt and season to taste.
Garnish with some fresh coriander and serve with some basmati rice.

Top Tip for making Chilli chicken and spinach masala

If you can leave the meat to marinade for longer than 2 hours then it will only add to the taste!

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