Saffron Chicken Recipe #21607
This yummy curry is one of my husbands specialities.
by JustJanS
55 min | 10 min prep
SERVES 4
- 1/2 teaspoon saffron
- 3 lbs chicken pieces
- 3 tablespoons ghee or butter or oil
- 1 large onion, julienned
- 2 teaspoons finely grated gingerroot
- 1-3 fresh chili peppers, or to taste, red or green
- 2-3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- Toast the saffron strands in a dry pan over a medium heat for about 1 minute taking care not to burn them.
- Cool, and then crush them with the back of a spoon.
- Dissolve them in 1 tablespoon of very hot water.
- Heat the ghee (or whatever you use), and gently fry the onion, garlic, ginger and chillis until the onion is soft and golden.
- Add garlic.
- Add the dissolved saffron to the pan with the cardomon, then add the chicken.
- Turn the chicken pieces in the mix, coating well.
- Add the salt, cover and cook for 25 minutes until the chicken is tender.
- Uncover the pan and continue cooking, turning often until the liquid is almost gone.
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