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Chicken jalfrezi
Photo: Lily Banse

Chicken jalfrezi

16 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes
Chicken jalfrezi

Don't be put off by the list of ingredients, this takes just 45 minutes to make and tastes better than a takeaway

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1440
Calories
78g
Protein
26g
Fat
219g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Naan 1 piece (90g) 262
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Yogurt 170g plain Greek 100
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • groundnut oil
  • 1 large onion , halved, sliced
  • 2-3 green chillies , sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves , crushed
  • 1 tbsp finely grated root ginger
  • 6 chicken thigh fillets, cut into chunks
  • 5 tomatoes , roughly chopped
  • 1 green pepper , chopped into pieces
  • a small bunch coriander , leaves picked off
  • a small pot natural yogurt (optional)
  • naan bread or steamed rice to serve
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1½ tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 5 cloves , ground

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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