Cooking With Lois – Chicken Jalfrezi

Introducing Cooking With Lois! Lois is a healthy lifestyle advisor at LiveWire and she will be sharing with you her favourite quick easy and healthy recipes for you to try at home.

Chicken Jalfrezi (serves 2)

Ingredients

*320g chicken thighs

*2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

*1 tsp ginger paste

*1 tbsp curry powder

*1 brown onion

*1 green pepper

*3 tomatoes, chopped in to wedges

*chilli flakes /powder

* 3 salad tomatoes 

*1 knorr chicken stock cube

*1 heaped tbsp tomato purée

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200 C. Heat some oil in a large pan and add chicken thighs. Cook for 5 mins until browned on each side, then transfer to a baking tray and put them in the oven for 10-12 mins until cooked through.

2. Slice the onion and add to the pan with some salt and 2tsp of sugar.  Cook on a low heat for 5 mins until softened.

3. Slice the green pepper in to strips and add to the onion for a further 5 mins.

4. Add the chopped garlic, ginger paste, chilli flakes (as much as you want!) and curry powder . Stir to combine everything.

5. Stir in the tomato purée , Tomato wedges and 300ml of chicken stock.

6. Lower the heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

7. Once the chicken is cooked , use two forks to shred it and add to the curry sauce.

8. Serve with some rice and naan bread.