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3 Healthy make-ahead freezer Chicken Meals that will ease your life

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Course: after school snack, Brunch, chicken freezer recipes, Dinner, freezer meals, Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Yogurt chicken curry
  • 700 gm Chicken with bones
  • 2 Onion medium sized
  • 1 Tomato medium sized
  • 6 cloves Garlic
  • 2 inch Ginger
  • 2 tbsp Yogurt
  • 2 tbsp Chicken curry masala
  • 4 tsp Coriander powder
  • ½ tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 4 Cardamom
  • 8 to 10 Cloves
  • 2 inch Cinnamon
  • Cilantro
  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • Salt
Chicken tikka masala
  • 800 gm Boneless chicken Marination
  • 1 cup Yogurt
  • 1½ tbsp Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Ginger
  • 2 tsp Garam masala
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin powder
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
  • Salt Marination ingredients ends here
  • Oil
  • 2 Onions small
  • 1½ tbsp Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Ginger
  • ½ tsp Garam masala
  • 1½ tsp Cumin powder
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1 cup Tomato puree
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
  • 1 tsp Chili powder
  • Salt as required
  • 1 tsp Brown sugar
  • Water as required
  • Cilantro leaves
Chicken meatballs
  • 350 gm Chicken mince
  • ¼ of Onion medium sized
  • 3 to 4 sprinkles Italian seasoning
  • ½ tsp Ground oregano
  • ¾ tbsp All purpose flour
  • Salt

Equipment

  • Convection Oven

Method
 

Yogurt chicken curry
  1. Add oil in a pan.
  2. Add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf and cardamom. Fry for few minutes until the aroma of spices comes out.
  3. Add chopped onion and fry until the onion is translucent.
  4. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry for a few minutes.Make sure the ginger-garlic paste blends together with the onion.
  5. Add chopped tomato.
  6. Add 1/4 tsp of salt along with the tomato.
  7. Cook until the tomato is mashed enough to make a masala.
  8. Add coriander powder and mix well.
  9. Next add chicken masala.
  10. Add yogurt and mix well.
  11. Add turmeric powder.
  12. Now add the chicken pieces and mix until the masala covers and coats the chicken pieces.
  13. Cover and cook the chicken for a few minutes.
  14. Add salt.
  15. Add water and mix well.
  16. Cook covered until the chicken is ¾ cooked.
  17. Add cilantro leaves and cook covered until the oil floats on top of the curry.
  18. Serve hot with rice or chapati.
Chicken tikka masala
  1. Add the boneless chicken pieces into a bowl.
  2. Add ginger garlic paste.
  3. Now it is time to add the masala powders. Add garam masala.
  4. Add turmeric powder.
  5. Now add the cumin powder.
  6. Add chili powder.
  7. Add required salt.
  8. Now add the curd and mix well. Make sure the chicken pieces are thoroughly coated with masala.
  9. Keep the marinade to soak at least for 30 minutes.
  10. Add oil in a hot pan.
  11. Add the marinated chicken and cook until the water evaporates and the chicken is dry enough.
  12. Add the required oil to make the gravy.
  13. Add the chopped onion.
  14. Add ginger garlic paste and fry well.
  15. Add tomato puree and cook well for a tastier gravy.
  16. Add cumin powder.
  17. Add garam masala.
  18. Add turmeric powder.
  19. Add coriander powder.
  20. Add salt.
  21. Now add chili powder.
  22. Cook the gravy without adding any water.
  23. Add brown sugar.
  24. Now add the required water and cook.
  25. Now add the cooked chicken pieces and cook for a few minutes.
  26. Sprinkle the chopped cilantro leaves and serve.
Chicken meatballs
  1. Take ground or minced chicken in a bowl.
  2. Add salt to the ground chicken.
  3. Add ground oregano.
  4. Add Italian seasoning.
  5. Add all purpose flour.
  6. Mix well until everything blends together.
  7. Preheat the oven at 180 C.
  8. Take a teaspoon full of meat mixture and use another teaspoon to make balls.
  9. Use the teaspoons to make a well rounded balls.
  10. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  11. Place the meatballs in the lined baking tray with enough room to cook.
  12. Place the meatballs in a preheated oven for 10 minutes.
  13. Turn the ball after 4 minutes and cook for the remaining time left.
  14. Use the meatballs according to your recipe or store them in a freezer for future use.

Notes

Yoghurt chicken curry
  • Use a blender to make the ginger-garlic paste.
  • Add salt along with tomato to speed up the cooking.
Chicken tikka masala
  • Add Kashmiri chilli powder for a red colour curry.
  • Keep the chicken in the refrigerator until other ingredients are ready to cook.
Chicken meatballs
  • Use a blender or meat grinder to grind the chicken if the ground chicken is not available.
  • Grease the teaspoons with oil to ease up the making of balls.
  • Adjust the oven time according to your oven heating pattern.
  • Let the meatballs cool down completely before storing them in the freezer.
  • Use glass containers for storing the meatballs in the freezer.