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Free-range Butter Chicken Masala & Saag
Bring the flavours of India to your table with Mindful Chef x Gymkhana Fine Foods. Inspired by their iconic two-star Michelin restaurant, you'll rub free-range British chicken in warming spices and then simmer in their legendary Butter Masala sauce (you'll get a full-sized jar with your recipe!). Then dish up with a nutty sweetcorn saag. Michelin-star flavour on the table in no time.
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
5 plants
Serving size
Ingredients
- 2 tsp garam masala (Coriander, cinnamon, garlic powder, ginger, pimento, clove, cumin, black pepper, turmeric, cardamom, cayenne pepper)
- 1 tbsp chilli paste (Red Chilli Puree, Olive oil, White wine vinegar, Sea salt)
- 140g sweetcorn (sweetcorn, water, salt)
- 80g baby spinach
- 4 tsp ginger & garlic paste (Ginger puree IQF, Garlic puree IQF, Citric Acid, Water)
- 80g brown rice (100% Brown Rice)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 2 British Free Range chicken breasts
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 2 garlic clove
- 300ml butter masala sauce (Milk, Nuts) (tomatoes (60%), single cream (milk), unsalted butter (milk) (4%), khoya (milk), rapeseed oil, water, cashew nuts, sugar, garlic, salt, coriander, green chilli, kashmiri chilli powder, dried fenugreek leaves, ginger, deggi mirch powder, green cardomom)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 789
Protein: 54g
Carbs: 65g
Fat: 35g
Ingredients
- 1 unwaxed lemon (use half)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
- 80g baby spinach (use half)
- 2 garlic clove
- 80g brown rice (use half) (100% Brown Rice)
- 1 British Free Range chicken breast
- 2 tsp garam masala (use half) (Coriander, cinnamon, garlic powder, ginger, pimento, clove, cumin, black pepper, turmeric, cardamom, cayenne pepper)
- 140g sweetcorn (use half) (sweetcorn, water, salt)
- 300ml butter masala sauce (use half) (Milk, Nuts) (tomatoes (60%), single cream (milk), unsalted butter (milk) (4%), khoya (milk), rapeseed oil, water, cashew nuts, sugar, garlic, salt, coriander, green chilli, kashmiri chilli powder, dried fenugreek leaves, ginger, deggi mirch powder, green cardomom)
- 1 tbsp chilli paste (use half) (Red Chilli Puree, Olive oil, White wine vinegar, Sea salt)
- 4 tsp ginger & garlic paste (use half) (Ginger puree IQF, Garlic puree IQF, Citric Acid, Water)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 794
Protein: 54g
Carbs: 66g
Fat: 35g
Free-range Butter Chicken Masala & Saag
Bring the flavours of India to your table with Mindful Chef x Gymkhana Fine Foods. Inspired by their iconic two-star Michelin restaurant, you'll rub free-range British chicken in warming spices and then simmer in their legendary Butter Masala sauce (you'll get a full-sized jar with your recipe!). Then dish up with a nutty sweetcorn saag. Michelin-star flavour on the table in no time.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a large bowl, a small frying pan, a large lidded griddle or frying pan, a measuring jug & a sieve
Marinate the chicken
- In the large bowl, mix together the chilli paste, ginger & garlic paste, garam masala, and the juice from half the lemon
- Add the chicken to the marinade, and toss to coat
Get your rice on
- Add the rice to the saucepan and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked, then drain
Cook the chicken
- Heat the large griddle or frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chicken and cook for 5 mins each side
- Add the butter masala sauce and 150ml water (75 ml for 1 person). Cover with a lid and simmer for 15 mins, until the chicken is cooked through
- Add a splash more water if it gets too thick
Meanwhile, make the saag
- Rinse the spinach. Finely slice the garlic. Drain the sweetcorn
- Heat the small frying pan with 1 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the garlic and cook for 2 mins
- Add the sweetcorn and cook for 5 mins, until golden. Add the spinach and cook for a further minute, until wilted. Add a splash of water if it's too dry. Season with salt and pepper
Finish & plate up
- Finely chop the coriander. Stir half the coriander through the saag and half through the chicken curry
- Check your chicken is cooked through by inserting a skewer into the thickest part of the meat; the juices should run clear
- Share the butter chicken between bowls, with the rice and saag alongside. Garnish with the remaining lemon, cut into wedges
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