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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

Equipment

  • Convection Oven

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

Instructions
 

Yogurt chicken curry

  • Add oil in a pan.
  • Add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf and cardamom. Fry for few minutes until the aroma of spices comes out.
  • Add chopped onion and fry until the onion is translucent.
  • Add ginger-garlic paste and fry for a few minutes.Make sure the ginger-garlic paste blends together with the onion.
  • Add chopped tomato.
  • Add 1/4 tsp of salt along with the tomato.
  • Cook until the tomato is mashed enough to make a masala.
  • Add coriander powder and mix well.
  • Next add chicken masala.
  • Add yogurt and mix well.
  • Add turmeric powder.
  • Now add the chicken pieces and mix until the masala covers and coats the chicken pieces.
  • Cover and cook the chicken for a few minutes.
  • Add salt.
  • Add water and mix well.
  • Cook covered until the chicken is ¾ cooked.
  • Add cilantro leaves and cook covered until the oil floats on top of the curry.
  • Serve hot with rice or chapati.

Chicken tikka masala

  • Add the boneless chicken pieces into a bowl.
  • Add ginger garlic paste.
  • Now it is time to add the masala powders. Add garam masala.
  • Add turmeric powder.
  • Now add the cumin powder.
  • Add chili powder.
  • Add required salt.
  • Now add the curd and mix well. Make sure the chicken pieces are thoroughly coated with masala.
  • Keep the marinade to soak at least for 30 minutes.
  • Add oil in a hot pan.
  • Add the marinated chicken and cook until the water evaporates and the chicken is dry enough.
  • Add the required oil to make the gravy.
  • Add the chopped onion.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and fry well.
  • Add tomato puree and cook well for a tastier gravy.
  • Add cumin powder.
  • Add garam masala.
  • Add turmeric powder.
  • Add coriander powder.
  • Add salt.
  • Now add chili powder.
  • Cook the gravy without adding any water.
  • Add brown sugar.
  • Now add the required water and cook.
  • Now add the cooked chicken pieces and cook for a few minutes.
  • Sprinkle the chopped cilantro leaves and serve.

Chicken meatballs

  • Take ground or minced chicken in a bowl.
  • Add salt to the ground chicken.
  • Add ground oregano.
  • Add Italian seasoning.
  • Add all purpose flour.
  • Mix well until everything blends together.
  • Preheat the oven at 180 C.
  • Take a teaspoon full of meat mixture and use another teaspoon to make balls.
  • Use the teaspoons to make a well rounded balls.
  • Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • Place the meatballs in the lined baking tray with enough room to cook.
  • Place the meatballs in a preheated oven for 10 minutes.
  • Turn the ball after 4 minutes and cook for the remaining time left.
  • 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.
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