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Chicken with Potatoes and Peas in Curry

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Chicken with Potatoes and Peas in Curry

Chicken with potatoes and peas — a stew-like, easy and flavorful dish made with tomato paste and pepper paste for extra depth. Curry spice gives it a distinctive taste. Serve with white rice.

Total time75 min
Prep25 min
Cook50 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyMedium
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MainsInternationalDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeMediumLong cook

Recipe story

Chicken with potatoes and peas in curry ... an easy, delicious recipe for lunch!!

Ingredients

  • 3 chicken breasts, cut into medium cubes
  • Potatoes, cut into cubes
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 cup or more peas
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1/2 tablespoon pepper paste
  • A pinch of black pepper
  • 1/2 tablespoon or 1 teaspoon curry powder, to taste
  • Oil
  • Salt
  • This delicious, easy recipe is from our friend and cook at Shou Tabkhin Today:
  • Rasmia Majdoub (رسمية مجذوب)
  • Click Rasmia’s name to visit her profile on our site and enjoy her delicious recipes
  • For more of Rasmia's wonderful recipes, see Sayadiyah (fish rice)

Method

  1. Heat oil in a wide frying pan over the heat until very hot, then add the chicken pieces carefully and stir well until they turn white on all sides.
  2. Add salt, curry, and minced garlic, stir well, and cover the pot until the chicken cooks and the liquids dry up.
  3. Add the chopped onion and sauté until the onion softens.
  4. Add potato cubes, tomato paste, and pepper, cover them with water and stir well until the paste dissolves completely in the water.
  5. Keep the pan or pot on high heat until the mixture boils, then reduce the heat and cook until the potatoes are done.
  6. Add the peas, stir, and leave the chicken with the potatoes and peas on the heat for an additional five minutes until the peas are cooked.
  7. Serve it alongside white rice.
  8. Rasmia Majdoub
  9. For more of Rasmia's wonderful recipes, here is Sayadiyah fish.

Notes and serving ideas

  • Sayadiyah (fish rice)
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Rasmiyya Al-Majdhoub

Rasmiyya loves preparing all kinds of dishes, but she especially enjoys decorating cakes. She cooks delicious meals for her three children and lives on an island in the Atlantic Ocean.

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