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Samba Chicken

Samba Chicken

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Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 40 mins
Serves: 4

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Description

This simple, spicy chicken dish will have you dribbling all over the plate like Robinho...

Method

  1. 1

    1.Peel and roughly chop the onion, ginger and garlic. Halve, seed and roughly chop the chilli. Blitz in a food processor to a paste.

    2.Heat the oil in a large pan, add the chicken and quickly fry until lightly browned on both sides. Remove from the pan to a plate. Add the yellow pepper, green beans and paste and fry for 10 mins, stirring all the time, until the onions are well softened. Stir in the tomatoes, season with salt and pepper, then bring to the boil.

    3.Add the chicken and simmer for 15 mins, adding a splash of water if the sauce becomes too thick. Stir in the coconut cream and cook for a further 5 mins until the chicken is tender.

    4.Sprinkle with coriander and serve with wedges of lime, basmati rice and garlic bread.

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