Palak Chicken (Chicken with Spinach)
Recipe Details
Servings: 6
Recipe Category: Lunch, Dinner
Difficulty Level: Easy
Cooking Times 45 minutes
‘Palak’ means spinach in Urdu/Hindi and is a great accompaniment to the chicken. You can use fresh spinach leaves, frozen or even canned spinach. Super easy recipe for a recipe that is low in carbs, healthy, and tasty. The perfect recipe to serve with rice or hot chapatis.
Pin It!What you’ll need
2 medium onions sliced
1/2 cup canola oil
1 lb chicken breast cubed (roughly 2 large breasts)
1.5 tsp Salt
1.5 tsp garam masala
1 tsp pureed garlic
1 tsp pureed ginger
1 tsp chili powder
1.5 tsp ground coriander powder
1/2 tsp of turmeric
1 bag / 14 oz of fresh baby spinach leaves or 2 frozen spinach blocks
1/2 cup water
Before serving (garnish):
1/4 cup cilantro
2 fresh green chillis (seeded and cut lengthwise)
dIRECTIONS
Heat oil in a large pan
When the oil is hot, add onion over medium heat and cook for 10-15 minutes until golden brown
Add in the cubed chicken and all the spices .
Stir fry for 5 minutes
Add in water and spinach and cover the pan.
Stir occasionally and cook for another 10 minutes on medium heat
Cook on high heat for 10 minutes until the oil is away from the side of the pan (this process is called ‘bhooning’)
Make sure you keep an eye on the pan, you don’t want anything to burn
Sprinkle with chopped cilantro and the chopped chillis
Serve with rice or chappati. Enjoy!
