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.
2TablespoonVegetable Oilyou can also use butter or ghee
1lbsChicken Boneless & Skinless
2wholeBay Leaf
2wholeCinnamon Sticks
2Medium-sizedChopped Onions
5-6Clovesminced Garlic
2Medium-SizedTomatoesroughly chopped
½Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
½TeaspoonCurry Powder or Ground Coriander
½TeaspoonGround Cumin
½TeaspoonPaprika
½Teaspoon SaltADJUST AS PER TASTE
1TeaspoonGround Black Pepper
1TeaspoonBrown Sugar
5-6SmallSlit Green Chilies or Serrano Peppers
1CupHeavy 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!