Ok so for today, I made a delicious concoction using one of those pre-made sauce packages. You can buy these in any grocery store in the ethnic food aisle (or if you're a baller, you can make your own). However, these sauces can be improved tremendously with a few little additions to make them really delicious. As such, they are highly customizable. I'll list the ingredients that I used, but using your favorite ingredients is what will really make this dish come together. Also this can be easily made vegetarian and still is delicious.
Ingredients:
- 1 Tikka Masala sauce package
- 1-1.5 lbs chicken
- 1/2 onion, sliced
- 1/2 jalapeño, diced
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1 cup baby spinach leaves
- 1 can (14.5 oz) garbanzo beans/chick peas
- 1 bay leaf
- Curry powder (cumin with a little paprika is a good substitute for curry powder, or garam masala if you have it), salt, pepper, hot sauce to taste
- In a cast iron skillet (aka best invention ever), sauté onions until tender in a liberal amount of olive oil
- Once onions are tender, sear chicken on both sides for ~3-5 minutes per side, depending on the temperature of your skillet
- While chicken is cooking, add diced jalapeños to the skillet
- After both sides have been seared, add sauce, 1/2 cup water, tomatoes, chick peas, spinach, bay leaf, simmer for 20 minutes
- While simmering, use tongs (or utensil of choice) to shred chicken
- Add curry powder, salt, pepper to taste
- Serve over Basmati rice
- Enjoy, gorge, repeat as necessary
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| The key to this dish is having lots of different textures. The spinach, chick peas, and chicken totally make this an adventure in your mouth. |
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| Even with a cold, the Chicken Tikka Masala was flavorful enough to taste, and cleared up my sinuses nicely. A really great meal. |
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