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Chicken with Curry and Vegetables
A rich, quick meal using chicken breast that cooks fast. The combination of mixed vegetables and cooking cream makes this a complete, satisfying dish — serve with rice.
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Chicken with curry and vegetables — a very hearty dish, served with rice. Here’s how:
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg (about 1 lb) chicken breast, cut into cubes
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 tbsp oil
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- garlic powder
- cooked corn — optional
- frozen peas
- 1 cup carrots, sliced and cooked
- 1 vegetable or chicken stock cube
- 2 zucchini, cooked
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro (coriander), chopped
- 1 cup canned mushrooms
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup cooking cream (liquid cream)
- For more delicious chicken recipes see: Chicken in Tomato Sauce
Method
- In a pot, sauté the chicken cubes in a little oil until their color changes, then add all the spices except the curry and stir.
- Add the chopped onion and cook until soft.
- Add the cilantro, then the corn, peas, mushrooms and carrots and stir again.
- Sprinkle the curry over the vegetables and chicken and stir; let the ingredients simmer on low heat.
- In another pot, dissolve the stock cube in the water and bring to a boil.
- When boiling, add the stock to the chicken and vegetables and stir.
- Stir in the cooking cream and mix well.
- Allow the chicken with curry and vegetables to simmer for about 5 minutes over medium heat.Timers: 5 min
- Serve with white rice or vermicelli rice.
Notes and serving ideas
- Chicken in Tomato Sauce






