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Title: pre cooked chicken from the takeaway
Post by: jb on January 18, 2016, 07:26 PM

I managed to catch my local takeaway chef do some pre cooked chicken on Sunday night.Quite simple,and quite similar to other recipes here on the site.

First,in a big pan went some mixed veg oil and ghee.There was quite a lot of oil,I guess about an inch deep in the bottom of the pan.Then in went about one and a half heaped chef spoons of blended ginger and garlic paste and some salt,follwoed by some cumin seeds.Then he reached into his mixed spice jar,and added a few whole spices(about five bay leaves,a couple of star anise,some green cardomons and a couple of cinamon sticks.)

(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/e50a88c2a48667057271a38bdb2e530c.jpg)

Then he added a chef spoon of mix powder and two chef spoons of blended plum tomatoes.

(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/3a9dbbe65996f6c25b1f625cc7020859.jpg)

bubbling away for about half an hour until the chicken is cooked.

(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/39d3f4323c6799238b25c8293747d307.jpg)

The finished article

(http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/1e64fe18e200cc6bbfddacdcd889001d.jpg)

He then tipped it into a plastic container underneath the counter.The chicken sat in a lot of liquid,I guess it stops the chicken drying out,from time to time he also added a little bit of this liquid to some of the dishes he was cooking,I guess another little trick up his sleeve.

Title: Re: pre cooked chicken from the takeaway
Post by: ziggycat on January 18, 2016, 08:02 PM

nice one jb..  almost identical to how I cook mine (including adding some of the stock)

Title: Re: pre cooked chicken from the takeaway
Post by: london on January 18, 2016, 08:05 PM

No water?

London.

Title: Re: pre cooked chicken from the takeaway
Post by: jb on January 19, 2016, 06:56 AM

My apologies,my scribbled notes and general curry overload!! The chef did fill a main foil container twice with water and added it to the mixture.

Title: Re: pre cooked chicken from the takeaway
Post by: london on January 19, 2016, 03:23 PM

JB,

Thanks for clearing that up. As you say similar to other method on here and the one I use which is CBM's.

London.

Title: Re: pre cooked chicken from the takeaway
Post by: littlechilie on January 19, 2016, 08:16 PM

 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/pics/b78ea2e48cb1885bc18794b087ebfbf3.jpg) (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/imagehost/#b78ea2e48cb1885bc18794b087ebfbf3.jpg)}

Just made this Jb, looks and tasted just as it should 8)dropped a couple of pieces of potato in to save time for my vindaloo. Many thanks.

Title: Re: pre cooked chicken from the takeaway
Post by: curryhell on January 19, 2016, 09:00 PM

There's a lot of very tasty looking chicken around tonight  :P  This recipe also seems not only to be pretty much in line with CBM's advanced method but also that used by Imran from the Viceroy.  I must admit, I used frozen chicken, so based on that I didn't bother adding any water as I knew there would be a fair amount coming out of the meat while it was cooking.  I've got to say, what i cooked was the best pre-cooked chicken I've prepped to date  :)  And i'll be doing some more later this week as stocks are now running low again  >:(

Title: Re: pre cooked chicken from the takeaway
Post by: Sverige on January 31, 2016, 08:36 PM

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Then he added a chef spoon of mix powder and two chef spoons of blended plum tomatoes.



bubbling away for about half an hour until the chicken is cooked.

Am I missing something here - is the chicken added directly after the plum tomatoes or is there an interim step which is missing from the above description? Any base sauce used?