Cheap and Easy Chicken Curry for Students (or drunks)

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Not a student anymore but it's Friday night so thought i'd share this super simple, very cheap, very tasty recipe.

Ingredients:

1 Jar curry paste (£1.50)
1 pack chicken breasts (£1.50)
1 Onion (30p)
1 Pack of 6 Tomatoes (£1)
1 Pack Spinach (£1)


Serves (2-4)

Dice up the Onion, gently fry it in Vege oil until it is soft.



Add half the jar of curry paste, turn on extractor fan and keep frying it a bit



Slice up the chicken into little finger width slices and add to the curry + onion



Keep turning it over until it's all brown.



Transfer to a big pan, and add the Toms, I quartered mine



Then I added some liquid, basically a mug of vegetable stock.



And a teaspoon of flour.




Simmer for 30 minutes (low temperature). Add the Spinach a handful at a time.



Slowly simmer for 30 minutes. Serve with rice and/or bread. Total cost should be around £6-7 for a good meal for 4. It will also taste better than a take away :)
 
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Sounds reasonable other than the use of chicken breasts.
If you're going to cook something for that length of time then thighs are the way to go. Breasts will just end up tough and dry if you simmer them on the hob for that long.

Breasts were on special that day, they stayed soft as they were covered in liquid through the whole process. Thighs would also work, or Turkey (I guess)

No pic of the final dish?

Sorry got hungry and ate it :) It looked like Chicken curry!
 
Why don't you turn your extractor fan on when you start?

Just because, try following the recipe and let me know when you turn on the extractor :) It's probably about the same time that the fried curry paste starts vaporizing.
 
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