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Quick chicken curry

Name: Quick chicken curry
Prep time: 21 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g cooked chicken; 1 onion; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 1 chicken stock cube; 1 glass water; 2 tablespoons curry powder; 250 ml cream; Salt; Pepper

This curry is quick to make if you have left over cooked chicken, and is always delicious.

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Duration

35 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: September 13^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 500 g cooked chicken
2 1 onion
3 3 tablespoons olive oil
4 1 chicken stock cube
5 1 glass water
6 2 tablespoons curry powder
7 250 ml cream
8 Salt
9 Pepper
Total weight: 1,060 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

25 min.

Cooking

15 min.

All in all

35 min.

Preparation 25 min.

Cooking 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Cut 500 g cooked chicken into medium-sized pieces.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Prepare 1 onion and chop.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a pan on medium heat. When hot, add the chopped onion.

Salt and pepper, then cook for 1 or 2 minutes while stirring.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Mix 1 chicken stock cube and 1 glass water (hot) to make the chicken stock.

Tip the chicken pieces into the pan and add the stock.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

Bring to the boil and add 2 tablespoons curry powder. Stir well.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 10 min.

Cook until the liquid has dispappeared and the curry-coated chicken pieces start to brown a little. At this point a delicious curry smell should fill your kitchen.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

Now add 250 ml cream, stir well, turn down the heat and leave to thicken gently to your taste.

Check the seasoning and your chicken curry is ready. It can wait for a while if covered and kept hot.

Stage 8

Serve with white rice for example, preferably Basmati.

Remarks

It's even better if you can replace the chicken stock cube with some left over chicken cooking juices.

If you use raw chicken, no problem, just leave it to cook when you've added it to the pan, before adding the stock.

The ingredients can be adapted and varied to suit your taste, especially the spices.

And to drink?

It's not easy to find a wine that goes well with curry so why not try a beer, either pale or dark, otherwise a good tea.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	180 g RDI=278 %	6 g RDI=2 %	71 g RDI=97 %	191 kcal RDI=10 %	801 kJ RDI=10 %
Per person	478 g RDI=736 %	16 g RDI=6 %	188 g RDI=258 %	506 kcal RDI=25 %	2,122 kJ RDI=25 %
Whole recipe	1,912 g RDI=2,942 %	66 g RDI=25 %	753 g RDI=1,032 %	2,026 kcal RDI=101 %	8,486 kJ RDI=101 %