Chicken dhansak recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
This Indian-inspired chicken dhansak takes inspiration from the country's traditional Parsi cuisine. Slow cooked for somewhere between 4-8 hours, it's a dish that requires a lot of time, love, and dedication. It's absolutely worth the effort.
See method- Serves 4
- Takes from 4 hrs 20 mins
- 428 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 1tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tsp garam masala
- ½tsp ground cumin
- ¼tsp ground turmeric
- ½tsp hot chilli powder
- 2tbsp tomato puree
- 500ml chicken stock
- 500g chicken thigh fillets, cut into chunks
- 125g red lentils
- 1 red pepper, seeded and cut into chunks
- 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into small chunks
- 4 ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
- small bunch coriander, chopped
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- Energy
- 1800kJ 428.0kcal
- Fat
- 11g
- Saturates
- 3g
- Salt
- 1.6g
- Sugars
- 13g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 40.2gProtein 37.6gFibre 7.3g
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Method
- Turn the slow cooker on.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and sauté the onion for 5 minutes until starting to soften and colour. Stir in the garlic, dried spices and tomato purée. Cook for 1 minute then pour in the stock and bring to the boil.
- Put the chicken, lentils, pepper, potato and tomatoes in the slow cooker dish, and pour over the hot stock and spiced onions. Mix everything together and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cover with a lid and cook for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low until the chicken is cooked through with no pink showing.
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Serve with basmatti rice or naan bread and mango chutney.
- For top tips on protecting you and your family when preparing raw meat and poultry, visit Food Safety in the Home.
