Chicken Curry

There are so many different versions of curries – it’s hard to know where to start,
however this recipe tastes great, it’s quite authentic, gives you some
basic ideas and a little scope to do a little experimenting of your own…
This recipe serves 6 hearty portions.

Ingredients
l 283g jar mild curry paste
l 8 large chicken thighs, skinned, removed from the bone and roughly
l chopped or 4 large chicken breasts, skinned and cut into large chunks
l 1 tbsp butter
l 1 large onion, nely chopped
l 2 – 3 cloves garlic, crushed
l 4 tsps cornour
l 400g can tomatoes, roughly chopped

Cooking Instructions for 1100 Watt Oven

If possible marinade the chicken in the curry paste for at least one
hour, (overnight in the fridge works really well), so that the chicken
absorbs lots of curry avour and of course takes on the lovely rich
colour.
Melt the butter in a large microwaveable container for 30 seconds on
HIGH power in a 1100 watt oven. Stir in the onion and garlic, cover
with a well-tting lid or cling wrap and continue to cook for 2 minutes
on HIGH power until the onion is soft.
Stir the chicken and all the curry paste into the onions. Re-cover dish
and continue to cook for 5 minutes on HIGH power, stirring well
halfway through cooking time.
chicken mixture. Cook, uncovered for a further 15 minutes on
MEDIUM power (70% - 735 watts) , until all the ingredients have
come together, the cornour has thickened the sauce and the
chicken is thoroughly cooked. Stir well after 5 and 10 minutes
cooking. Leave to stand, covered for 5 minutes before serving.
Remember that no liquid evaporates during microwave cooking, any
excess liquid therefore won’t ‘cook-down’, so don’t be tempted to add
extra liquid or stock to the cooking liquor, this recipe makes ample
‘curry’ sauce.
For a softer, sweeter curry – substitute half of the can of tomatoes for
coconut milk.

Stir the cornour into the tomatoes, then stir tomatoes into the Lamb can be substituted for chicken if preferred.

1500 watt oven 1850 watt oven

Melt butter for 30 seconds on Melt butter for 30 seconds on
MEDIUM power (70% - 1050 watts). LOW power (50% - 925 watts).

Cook onion for 2 minutes on Cook onion for 1 minute on

MEDIUM power (70% - 1050 watts). MEDIUM power (50% - 925 watts).

Cook chicken for 5 minutes on Cook chicken for 5 minutes on

MEDIUM power (70% - 1050 watts). LOW power (50% - 925 watts).

Cook curry for 15 minutes on Cook curry for 10 minutes on

LOW power (50% - 750 watts). LOW power (50% - 925 watts).

Accompaniments Cook for 4 minutes on MEDIUM power (70%) for 1500 and 1825 watt
ovens. Quickly toss potatoes in 25g butter and 125g desiccated
Poppadums: They cook perfectly in the microwave oven. Cook 2
coconut. Serve hot.
poppadums at a time for 40 seconds in a 1100 watt oven, or 30
seconds for 1500 and 1825 watt ovens.
Banana Salsa:
Mix together 2 chopped bananas, 2 nely chopped spring onions, 1
Potato and Coconut Sambals: Cook 400g very small, well-washed
de-seeded and nely chopped jalapeno pepper and the juice of 1
new potatoes in a covered microwaveable container for 5 minutes
lime.
on full power at 1100 watts.