Chicken Tikka Masala with Rice
From wlr's book Build-Your-Own Delish Diet Plan
Why rush to the takeaway when you can easily rustle up a delicious serving of our homemade chicken tikka masala... Guaranteed to satisfy your craving for both curry and comfort food - it's a steal at well under 500 calories (rice included!)
This recipe is included in our Autumn Slimdown Diet Plan
- Recipe makes: 4 servings
- Prep time:
15 mins - Cook time: 45 mins
- Calories: 467
per serving
Ingredients
- 2 onions
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 small red chilli
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 red pepper
- 4 x 100g chicken breast fillets
- 50g Patak's tikka masala paste
- 1 tsp ginger
- 200g passata
- 2 tsp mango chutney
- 125ml natural low fat yoghurt
- 2 x 250g pouches steamed basmati rice
- Bunch of fresh coriander (20g)
Method
- Chop the onions. Heat the oil in a large pan or wok that has a lid. Add onions and fry gently, stirring frequently, for 12 mins.
- Meanwhile deseed and finely slice the chilli, crush garlic, chop pepper and cut chicken into chunks.
- Add pepper, chilli and garlic to the onions, cook for a minute. Add tikka paste and ginger and cook, stirring, for 5 mins. Add chicken and stir in well, pour in passata and stir in chutney.
- Put the lid on the pan and simmer gently for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add a little water if it looks too dry.
- Pop the rice in the microwave. A minute before serving, stir yoghurt into the curry.
- Sprinkle with roughly chopped coriander.
Calories (kcal) | 467 |
Carbohydrate (g) | 54.9 |
Fat (g) | 11.5 |
Protein (g) | 35.8 |
Fibre (g) | 3.8 |
Alcohol (g) | 0.0 |
Fruit & Veg | 2.1 |
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