Garlic Chilli Chicken Curry

Name: Garlic Chilli Chicken Curry
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 95 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 800 g Chicken thighs; 2 tbsp Thick natural yoghurt; 1 tbsp Ground coriander; 1 tbsp Ground cumin; 1 tbsp Chilli powder; 1 tbsp Turmeric; 2 tbsp Ground fenugreek; 2 tbsp Garam masala; Salt; 4-5 tbsp Ghee; 2 Onion; 20 Garlic cloves; 2 thumbs Ginger; 3 Birdseye chillies; 1 tbsp Ground Coriander; 1 tbsp Ground Cumin; 1 tbsp Chilli powder; 1 tbsp Turmeric; 2 tbsp Ground Fenugreek; 2 tbsp Garam Masala; 1 Cinnamon stick; 5 Green cardamom pods; 4-6 Fresh tomatoes; 2 tbsp Tomato purée; Water

20 garlic cloves make this takeaway classic the most incredible kiss repellent. At its heart it’s a tomato-based curry, but it’s the way you treat each stage that makes it exceptional. The onions aren’t just softened, they’re cooked down properly until sweet and collapsed. The spices aren’t tipped in and forgotten, they’re bloomed in fat so they wake up and deepen. This isn’t one of those “throw everything in and hope” jobs. You build it step by step, and in doing so you learn how flavour actually works. Master the art of Indian cooking, and you’ll learn how to cook using your senses rather than a recipe

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35m

Total

1h 35m

Ingredients

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Step 1

Start with the chicken. Mix the yoghurt, spices and salt, then coat the chicken thoroughly. Leave it to marinate while you get everything else ready. Longer is better, but even an hour helps.

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Chicken thighs, boneless, skinless

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Ney

19 days ago

10/10 - only thing, I have to go off the method to find out the spice measurements I needed for the curry sauce, including this in the step would have helped massively

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John G

a month ago

Gorgeous!! Very easy to make... grating 20 cloves of garlic was torture haha but will make again!!

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Ross J

a month ago

Hey Jack, On your TikTok there is a recipe for the same dish but with roasted garlic. Is it the same recipe however just replace the garlic with roasted bulbs?

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Jack Munn

a month ago

Hey Ross, it’s almost exactly the same yes. However I removed the roasted garlic and swapped it for minced garlic so you would get more of a strong garlic flavour rather than the sweetness of a roasted garlic clove which sort of gets lost in this curry. Both are absolutely delicious however, so it’s completely up to you how you would like to make it!

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Richard M

3 months ago

Hey Jack - do I need to dice chicken thighs or leave them as is? Getting stuck into this on Friday! R

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Jack Munn

3 months ago

Hey Richard, I usually slice the thighs into 3 pieces! Let me know if you have any other questions and how it goes!

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Ray A

3 months ago

Was wondering if I was using too much spices as it says tablespoons but it's looking gorgeous!

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Ray A

3 months ago

Your recipe says tbsp of the spices. Is that right! I seem to have far more spice than it appears in the video! 😂

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Jack Munn

3 months ago

Hi Ray! Definitely tablespoons! You could even go for more of the garam masala and fenugreek and it will be even more delicious!

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Ray A

3 months ago

Thank you!

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Garlic Chilli Chicken Curry

20 garlic cloves make this takeaway classic the most incredible kiss repellent. At its heart it’s a tomato-based curry, but it’s the way you treat each stage that makes it exceptional. The onions aren’t just softened, they’re cooked down properly until sweet and collapsed. The spices aren’t tipped in and forgotten, they’re bloomed in fat so they wake up and deepen. This isn’t one of those “throw everything in and hope” jobs. You build it step by step, and in doing so you learn how flavour actually works. Master the art of Indian cooking, and you’ll learn how to cook using your senses rather than a recipe

Prep

Cook

35m

Total

1h 35m

Ingredients

Method

Turn cooking mode on

Step 1

Start with the chicken. Mix the yoghurt, spices and salt, then coat the chicken thoroughly. Leave it to marinate while you get everything else ready. Longer is better, but even an hour helps.

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800

Chicken thighs, boneless, skinless

tbsp

Thick natural yoghurt

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