Weight Watchers Butter Chicken

Name: Weight Watchers Butter Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 , 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 onion, medium, finely chopped; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 4 cm fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated; 500 g chicken thigh fillets, fat trimmed and cut into 3 cm pieces; 2 teaspoons garam masala; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 cinnamon stick; chili powder, pinch; 250 g cherry tomatoes; 250 ml tomato puree (tomato passata); 80 ml thickened cream, light; 1 cup water; 120 g baby spinach leaves; 4 cups basmati rice, cooked

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Recipe by Kiwi Kathy

From Weight Watchers Magazine June 2012. 10 Pro Points values per serve. Serve with steamed broccoli and cauliflower. Go easy on the chilli. A little goes a long way.

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READY IN: 40mins

SERVES: 4

YIELD: 4

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

onion, medium, finely chopped
1

garlic clove, finely chopped
4

cm fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
500

g chicken thigh fillets, fat trimmed and cut into 3 cm pieces
2

teaspoons garam masala
1

teaspoon ground cumin
1

teaspoon ground coriander
1

cinnamon stick
chili powder, pinch
250

g cherry tomatoes
250

ml tomato puree (tomato passata)
80

ml thickened cream, light
1

cup water
120

g baby spinach leaves
4

cups basmati rice, cooked

DIRECTIONS

Lightly spray a 20cm base saucepan with oil and heat over a medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until softened.
Add chicken pieces and cook, stirring, for 3 - 4 minutes or un til the chicken changes colour. Add garam masala, cumin, coriander, cinnamon stick and chilli powder and cook stirring for 1 minute or until fragrant.
Add tomatoes, passata, 1 cup of water and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 20 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly. Reduce heat to low. Add cream and spinach and cook stirring for 1 minutes or until spinach wilts.
Remove and discard cinnamon stick. Serve butter chicken with the cooked basmati rice.

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