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Chicken and Butternut Squash Curry

A quick coconut curry made with grated butternut squash and onion that melt into the sauce, small cubes of chicken, peas and spinach. Fast enough for a midweek dinner with rice.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on18 min
  • Total22 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Curry

  • 300 gbutternut squash, peeled, seed-free neck end, coarsely grated
  • 2 tbspvegetable oil
  • 2½ tspgaram masala
  • 1red onion, large, peeled and grated
  • 1red chilli, roughly chopped, deseeded for less heat
  • 1 piecefresh ginger, 2.5 cm piece, peeled and grated
  • 350 gchicken breast, cut into small cubes
  • 50 gfrozen peas
  • 240 gcanned chopped tomatoes
  • 250 mlcoconut milk
  • 2 tbspchicken stock
  • 30 gfresh spinach
  • to tastesea salt
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground

To serve

  • 300 gcooked riceoptional

Contains

  • Mustard
  • Celery
  • Legumes (any)
  • Peas
  • Fenugreek
  • Rice
  • Coconut
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Spinach
  • Fennel
  • Winter squash
  • Carrot
  • Ginger
  • Turmeric
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove
  • Nutmeg
  • Cardamom
  • Cumin
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy
  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • Under 20 min active
  • Under 30 min total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: low

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