Chicken Tandoori With Passionfruit and Apricot Chutney

mickeydownunder's Note:

Saved from local paper, yes, TRUE! When first saw, it JUMPED out at me too! THEN I made it, entertaining one night, Compliments galore after each and every bite! Varied original recipe, as I do, HOPE you will take pleasure in making it too!

• Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 chicken breasts (I like to cut mine horizontally in half)
• 300 g natural yoghurt
• 280 g tandoori paste
• 20 g grated ginger
• 20 g crushed garlic
• 400 g passion fruit pulp
• 2 tablespoons fruit chutney
• 50 g turkish apricots

Directions:

1. Mix Yogurt, Tandoori Paste, Ginger and Garlic in a bowl.
2. Marinade Chicken Breasts for a MINIMUM of 2 hours or overnight.
3. Heat oven to 180 degrees C and bake for 15-18 minutes.
4. ***NOTE:Remove any excess marinade before baking or it will burn!
5. ***.
6. Combine Dice Apricots (I like them finely diced) with Passionfruit Pulp and ADD 2 Tablespoons of Fruit Chutney.
7. Mix well.
8. Drizzle Chutney Sauce over chicken and ENJOY!

Reviews

[The Flying Chef]

Excellent!!! I served this over saffron and spiced rice and it was the perfect accompaniment. This has wonderful flavours that are different but taste sooo goood together. I did not know what to expect from this, it sounded good, a little unusual, but the end result is outstanding and all I got was yum, this is so good mum. Actually it started right from the point of cooking with "what are we having for dinner it smells awesome." A great recipe and one we will look forward to again real soon.

[Aleigha Nicole]

I doubled this recipe to feed 10 which was plenty plus we had leftovers and lunches made. I found that the sauce Should have been halved there was so much sauce leftover its ridiculous. I did put it on the side so people can add sauce if they choose to and everybody did as far as I know but there's a whole bowl full still in the refrigerator. And also the amount of Tandori paste needed is a little more than you should have to use, There was heaps still left in the marinater which was a bit of a waste. Also the chicken needed to be cooked probably a further 15 minutes than stated and turned out perfectly cooked! But apart from these minor things everybody loved this dish! I served this with 'Simple but Amazing! Saffron Risotto' TY Mickey

[Sydney Mike]

Don't know how this recipe made it so long without someone else making it, but let me tell you ~ You're missing out! This chicken dish, from my point of view, IS different & it's WONDERFUL TASTING! With recipes like this I need to follow right down the line, otherwise I don't know what it should taste like when finished! I did use some of my own Raisin Peach Chutney for the fruit chutney! Thanks so much for sharing this great taste treat! [Made & reviewed as a kidnapped recipe in the Aus/NZ Recipe Swap #16]