Indian Spiced Spinach Chicken

Name: Indian Spiced Spinach Chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 200 gm Spinach (washed and rinsed thoroughly); 2 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil (you can also use butter or ghee); 1 lbs Chicken (Boneless & Skinless); 2 whole Bay Leaf; 2 whole Cinnamon Sticks; 2 Medium-sized Chopped Onions; 5-6 Cloves minced Garlic; 2 Medium-Sized Tomatoes (roughly chopped); ½ Teaspoon Turmeric Powder; ½ Teaspoon Curry Powder or Ground Coriander; ½ Teaspoon Ground Cumin; ½ Teaspoon Paprika; ½ Teaspoon Salt (ADJUST AS PER TASTE); 1 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper; 1 Teaspoon Brown Sugar; 5-6 Small Slit Green Chilies or Serrano Peppers; 1 Cup Heavy Cream

Anjali

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Indian Spiced Spinach Chicken - a quick Chicken Dinner Recipe made using Indian spices and spinach takes just 45-minutes to make and is totally worth it.

If you are looking for a recipe that literally works like magic for the whole family, then this is the one that you should go with.

My kids and my husband loved it. They were like - It's so unique you should also try it with Paneer sometime. Well, honestly, we do make paneer with spinach a lot of times. But, this recipe was totally out of the world.

I remember how I tried Spinach with Chicken is one of the Indian restaurant's long back. What they had done was wrap this same spinach chicken with a fried egg. I loved it then. And I still love it now.

But, that is a dish that you can enjoy with naan bread but not necessarily basmati rice or jasmine rice. When I look back at that dish today, I hate the fact that they had made a puree out of spinach.

I mean, yeah! You can totally do that. But, there are so many flavors in it. Why would you want to make a paste out of it? They go so beautifully with chicken and some tomatoes. Therefore, I never make a puree of spinach while making this chicken recipe.

Is it too Spicy?

No. This is rather creamy with a sweet undertone. There is a general conception that Indian food is spicy. Well, not this one. This is very creamy and sweet.

Ingredients used to make Indian Spinach Chicken

200 gm Spinach washed and rinsed thoroughly
2 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil you can also use butter or ghee
1 lbs Chicken Boneless & Skinless
2 whole Bay Leaf
2 whole Cinnamon Sticks
2 Medium-sized Chopped Onions
5-6 Cloves minced Garlic
2 Medium-Sized Tomatoes roughly chopped
5-6 Small Slit Green Chilies or Serrano Peppers
½ Teaspoon Turmeric Powder (can be easily found on Indian Grocery stores or International Aisle)
½ Teaspoon Curry Powder or Ground Coriander (Easily available in all grocery stores)
½ Teaspoon Ground Cumin
½ Teaspoon Paprika
½ Teaspoon Salt ADJUST AS PER TASTE
1 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
1 Teaspoon Brown Sugar
1 cup Heavy Cream

This Indian Spiced Spinach Chicken is:

Creamy and moist accompanied by a slightly sweet and spicy curry.
Exceptionally easy to make.
Very Healthy because of Spinach & Chicken

Most of the flavors come from whole spices like cinnamon and bay leaf. The fresh cream, at last, adds a royal layer of creaminess to the curry.

The secret to the Best Indian Spiced Spinach Chicken

Well, this Indian recipe might be new to you. But, I am here to help you. When you make this, I want you to enjoy this just like the way, we Indians do. Serve it with some fragrant long-grain Indian basmati rice. The ingredients are pretty standard but, there are few tips that will make you take your Indian Curried Spinach Chicken from just ok to wow! that's something.

The Cream - Cream is extremely important because it cuts out the bitterness of spinach and balances out the spiciness of the Indian spices.
Garlic & Ground Cumin - These two ingredients are one of those ingredients that works like a magic with spinach. Especially when you are making an Indian curry.
DO NOT overcook the Spinach - Overcooking the spinach will make it bitter. So, you should never ever overcook your spinach.
Ghee or Butter - If you got ghee or butter then please DO use it. Both of them, especially ghee will bring a true blue authentic Indian taste to your chicken dish. I have skipped this and used vegetable oil instead to cut down on the carbs.
Curry powder - Commonly found in almost all US General stores is the perfect replacement for Ground Coriander (commonly used in North Indian recipes)

How to make Indian Spiced Spinach Chicken?

Indian Spiced Spinach Chicken on a table

You need to heat some oil in a skillet. Add chicken and sear both sides until perfectly golden brown. Take them out.
In the same pan add Bay leaf along with a cinnamon stick.
Once it gets fragrant, add chopped onions and minced garlic.
As the onions get slightly translucent, add chopped tomatoes and slit green chilies (serrano peppers).
As the tomato gets cooked, add the spices (ground cumin, ground coriander, turmeric powder, paprika, salt, and pepper). Cook the spices until the raw smell goes away.
Add washed, drained, and rinsed Spinach along with fried chicken chunks. Cover cook until the chicken is cooked through.
Add heavy cream. Mix until combined. Serve hot with Indian Basmati rice or Jasmine rice.

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Indian Butter Chicken

Indian Creamy Coconut Chicken Curry

Indian Chicken Tikka Masala

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Indian Spiced Spinach Chicken

Indian Spiced Spinach Chicken is a quick and easy chicken dinner recipe cooked with Indian spices and spinach. It takes just about 45-minutes to get this prepared from scratch. This has a spicy, sweet, and creamy taste to it. This is best served with Basmati rice or Jasmine rice.

2 People

Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine American, Indian

Keyword Indian spiced Spinach chicken, spinach chicken

Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

no-resting time required 0 mins

Total Time 45 mins

Servings People

Author Anjali

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Ingredients

200 gm Spinach washed and rinsed thoroughly
2 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil you can also use butter or ghee
1 lbs Chicken Boneless & Skinless
2 whole Bay Leaf
2 whole Cinnamon Sticks
2 Medium-sized Chopped Onions
5-6 Cloves minced Garlic
2 Medium-Sized Tomatoes roughly chopped
½ Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
½ Teaspoon Curry Powder or Ground Coriander
½ Teaspoon Ground Cumin
½ Teaspoon Paprika
½ Teaspoon Salt ADJUST AS PER TASTE
1 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
1 Teaspoon Brown Sugar
5-6 Small Slit Green Chilies or Serrano Peppers
1 Cup Heavy Cream

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Instructions

If you are using canned spinach, you can skip this step.
If you are using fresh spinach then first of all cut out the base of the spinach. Now put it in a colander and wash and rinse it throughly.
Drain the water and roughly chop it.
Heat 2 tablespoon Vegetable Oil/Canola Oil in a skillet set over medium heat. Add the chicken pieces. Sear on both sides until golden brown. This takes about 5-minutes on both sides.
Once the chicken is done, take it out from the skillet and keep it aside.
In the same skillet, add some more oil. As the oil shimmers, add two bay leaves and broken cinnamon sticks. Cook until fragrant,30-seconds.
Add chopped onions and minced garlic cloves. Sautee until they turn light golden brown.
Add the chopped tomatoes and stir well until combined.
Add slit green chilies or Serrano Peppers and the spices.
Now, it's time to add the spices. Start with turmeric powder, followed by coriander powder or curry powder, ground cumin, paprika, salt, ground black pepper. Sautee the spices for 1-minute and add the chicken pieces and mix well.
Add the fried chicken cubes and mix well
Add the chopped spinach and cover cook for 2-3 minutes on medium heat. If using canned spinach, then squeeze the spinach before adding it to the skillet.
After 2-minutes, open the lid and stir well until combined. Make sure the chicken is cooked through.
Finally, add 1 cup of heavy cream. Once it comes to a quick boil, you're done. This is ready to serve.
Serve this with some basmati rice or jasmine rice. Enjoy!