Chicken and Spinach Masala

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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    35mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    684
based on 2 ratings

Tender chunks of chicken in a creamy, fragrant tomato curry. Even better, it’s ready in no time!

recipe updated Feb 21, 2022

Ingredients

  • Onion icon
    Onion
    1
  • Fresh chili icon
    Fresh chili
    1
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Ginger icon
    Ginger
    1 teaspoon
  • Chicken thigh icon
    Chicken thigh
    750 g
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Ground coriander icon
    Ground coriander
    1 teaspoon
  • Ground cumin icon
    Ground cumin
    1 teaspoon
  • Canned tomatoes icon
    Canned tomatoes
    200 g
  • Crème fraîche icon
    Crème fraîche
    200 ml
  • Spinach icon
    Spinach
    300 g
  • Cilantro icon
    Cilantro
    2 tablespoons
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Large saucepan

Step preview

  1. Heat olive oil in a clean large saucepan
  2. Add onion, fresh chili, garlic clove and ginger to the large saucepan
  3. Fry - 3 min, medium heat
  4. Add ground coriander and ground cumin to the large saucepan
  5. Fry while stirring occasionally - approx 1 min, medium heat
  6. Pour canned tomatoes into the large saucepan
  7. Cook gently - 3 min
  8. Increase to high-heat
  9. Add chicken thighs to the saucepan
  10. Cook until lightly browned while stirring occasionally
  11. Stir in crème fraîche
  12. Add spinach
  13. Cook gently while stirring occasionally
  14. Stir cilantro in
  15. Season with salt & pepper
  16. Serve
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