Roasted butter chicken with spicy roast vegetables

Recipes / Meat

This heady mix of Indian spices curry together to make a memorable dinner. Start this recipe the day before.

Recipe «Roasted butter chicken with spicy roast vegetables» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:00 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1.8-2 kg chicken, butterflied, 4 garlic cloves, crushed, 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated, 350g jar butter chicken simmer sauce, Rice, to serve , Fresh mint leaves, to serve, Toasted flaked almonds, to serve, Pappadums, to serve , 4 potatoes, peeled, diced, 500g kumara, peeled, diced, 1/4 cup chicken stock, 2 tbsp oil, 1 tbsp mustard seeds, 2 tsp fenugreek seeds, 2 tsp cardamom seeds, 2 tsp garam masala.

Ingredients:

  • 1.8-2 kg chicken, butterflied 
  • 4 garlic cloves, crushed 
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated 
  • 350g jar butter chicken simmer sauce 
  • Rice, to serve 
  • Fresh mint leaves, to serve 
  • Toasted flaked almonds, to serve 
  • Pappadums, to serve 
  • 4 potatoes, peeled, diced 
  • 500g kumara, peeled, diced 
  • 1/4 cup chicken stock 
  • 2 tbsp oil 
  • 1 tbsp mustard seeds 
  • 2 tsp fenugreek seeds 
  • 2 tsp cardamom seeds 
  • 2 tsp garam masala 
  • 2 tsp ground cumin 

Instructions

  1. Place chicken, skin side up, in a large baking dish. Slash in several places. Massage combined garlic and ginger into slits, then spread simmer sauce over. Chill, covered, for 3 hours or overnight.
  2. Preheat oven to 180C. Bake chicken for 55-60 mins, until cooked through.
  3. Meanwhile, to make the spicy roast vegetables, line a large oven tray with baking paper. Place vegetables into a medium saucepan of boiling water. Simmer for 5-8 mins, until just tender. Drain well. Place on a prepared tray. In a jug, whisk together all remaining ingredients. Drizzle over vegetables, tossing to coat. Season to taste. Bake for 25-30 mins with chicken, until crisp and golden.
  4. Serve chicken over rice with vegetables. Sprinkle with mint leaves and almonds, and accompany with pappadums.