Green Chilli Chicken Curry

Green chilli chicken curry is one lean mean dish. Lean as it's lower in calories and fat than an average restaurant curry. Mean as you get bags of flavour from minimal ingredients!

With cumin, ginger and garam masala all combined together in this dish, you can be sure this green chilli chicken curry is one rich tasting and deep flavoursome curry!

I’d say this chicken with green chilli curry is somewhere in between mild and fairly hot.

After all it is a chilli curry and it can depend upon how hot your green chillies are!

I’m lucky as my brother grows loads of green chillies. This means I get his surplus chillies and can make lots of green chilli recipes!

In fact you can see them in the photographs here. I usually have plenty of them frozen in bags in the freezer on stand-by - they’re pretty hot!

So, as promised in the previous post folks it was time for a new curry recipe. You guys seem to rate my curry recipes pretty highly.

When I check out the blog stats to see what you’re liking, and looking at, it’s pretty much curries near the top of the list!

And why not? With a curry you’re usually getting a pretty decent sized portion of your daily protein requirement.

93% of it with this one, and provided you’re minimalizing the oil and cutting out the heavy creams, you’re getting a pretty good nutritional deal too, especially more so if you compliment your curry with a little wholegrain rice and /or some veg .

There’s a few of you who have been in touch after making the previous curry recipe, chicken curry in a hurry, and I’m ecstatic and grateful of your positive reviews and comments. I’m always open to your suggestions and tweaks to compliment the dish further.

Anyway, hopefully you’ll enjoy this one, just as much.

Actually I was only just reminded that it was “National Curry Week” here in the U.K. LAST WEEK.

So really, I should have posted this green chilli chicken recipe last week to coincide with that. Oh well, it happens, you know?

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Green Chilli Chicken Curry Recipe

Only put 2 green chillies in this green chilli chicken curry recipe if you want it to be less spicy!

I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

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Green Chilli Chicken Curry Recipe

Rich tasting, spicy and with deep flavours this green chilli chicken curry is one lean mean spicy dish. 

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time45 mins

Total Time1 hr

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Indian

Servings: 2

Calories: 531kcal

Author: Neil

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Equipment

• Saucepans
• Pyrex mixing glass bowl
• Wooden spoon
• Kitchen scale
• Chopping board
• Kitchen knives
• Measuring spoons
• Measuring jug
• Food processor

Ingredients

• 400 g lean skinned chicken breasts diced
• 1 tablespoon green chilli paste
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 medium sized onions finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 tablespoon ginger and garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1.5 teaspoon salt
• 2 tomatoes finely chopped
• 2.5 tablespoon tomato puree
• 4 small green chillies with seeds remove if you prefer milder, chopped
• 100 ml warm water
• 2 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

• Place the diced chicken and green chilli paste in a bowl, mix together thoroughly, cover and place in the refrigerator for at least one hour prior to cooking. Whilst chicken is marinating in the fridge, make the curry sauce.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan, add the onions and cumin seeds and sauté together for 4 – 5 minutes until the onion is soft.
• Add the ginger and garlic paste, gram masala, turmeric and salt and sauté everything together for a further 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Add the tomatoes, tomato puree and chopped green chillies and cook everything together until the tomatoes are completely softened.
• Allow the cooked mixture to cool a little and then blitz in a food processor until you have a sauce consistency.
• Add the sauce back to the pan, add the water, turn the heat back on and bring to the boil, then turn down to simmer.
• Once simmering gently add the chicken and green chilli paste marinade and cook for 10 – 15 minutes. Check the chicken is cooked by cutting a piece in half to ensure it’s not still pink inside.
• Serve the curry garnished with the freshly chopped coriander.

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Nutrition

Calories: 531kcal | Carbohydrates: 27.8g | Protein: 46.4g | Fat: 26.6g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 128mg | Sodium: 1337.7mg | Fiber: 7.5g | Sugar: 12.9g | Vitamin A: 750IU | Vitamin C: 203.8mg | Calcium: 110mg | Iron: 4.3mg