Easy Chicken Phaal Recipes

PHAAL

Steps:

• Place tomatoes, water, garlic, ginger, tomato puree, salt, ghost peppers, chili powder, garam masala, cumin, coriander, fenugreek, and black pepper into a blender and pulse several times to chop. Blend the ingredients until liquefied. Be careful, ghost chilies will burn eyes, mouth, or nose if touched.
• Pour the blended mixture into a large bowl and stir in lamb to coat; let lamb marinate at least 1 hour in refrigerator.
• Heat clarified butter in a large pan over medium-high heat and cook onion until lightly golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour the lamb and marinade into the skillet and bring to a boil; cook and stir until sauce begins to thicken, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer until lamb is tender, about 20 more minutes. Garnish with cilantro to serve.

PHALL (THE HOTTEST CURRY OF ALL!)

Steps:

• Fry the meat in a pan in half the ghee or oil, until sealed (5 to 10 minutes). Set aside.
• Fry the onion, garlic and ginger until golden in remaining ghee or oil.
• Mix the spices with a little water to make a paste.
• Add to the onion mixture and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add the tomato (tinned, ketchup and puree) and chilies.
• Cook for a further 10 minutes.
• Combine the meat and all ingredients in a casserole dish and cook in a pre-heated oven at 400 deg F, Gas 6 for 45 to 60 minutes. (Alternatively, add meat back to the pan with the mixture and cook covered on low heat for an hour. At this stage you can also just throw it all into the slow cooker if you prefer.).

QUICK & EASY CHICKEN PARMIGIANA

Steps:

• Place chicken between two sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap and flatten using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
• Combine bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.
• Dip chicken in beaten egg; dredge in breadcrumb mixture.
• Melt butter in a large skillet; add chicken and brown on each side over medium-high heat.
• Arrange chicken in a lightly greased 13x9 baking dish.
• Pour spaghetti sauce over chicken and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• Cover and bake at 375º for 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated and chicken is no longer pink.

EASY CHICKEN PICCATA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cut chicken breasts in half crosswise. Pound with a meat mallet to 1/2-in. thickness; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place flour in a shallow bowl. Dip chicken in flour to coat both sides; shake off excess., In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Brown chicken in batches, adding additional oil as needed. Transfer chicken to an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish., Add stock, capers and lemon juice to pan, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Whisk in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, until creamy. Pour sauce over chicken. Bake 5-10 minutes or until no longer pink.