Quick Chicken Taj Mahal

Name: Quick Chicken Taj Mahal
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: vegetable oil; chicken; onions; chicken broth; raisins, seedless; apricots; saffron threads; lemon; turmeric; fenugreek; cinnamon; cayenne pepper; coriander seeds; salt; almonds

This succulent and tantalizing dish is perfect to make when you don't have a lot of time to prepare dinner.

Yield

4 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Ready

40 min

Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
1	tablespoon	vegetable oil
1	pound	chicken breasts, skinless, boneless, cut into 1 inch pieces
1	each	onions chopped
2	cups	chicken broth or less
1	cup	raisins, seedless or currants
⅓	cup	apricots dried, or peaches, cut into 1 inch cubes	*
1	teaspoon	saffron threads threads, soaked in lemon juice	*
½	each	lemon juiced
1	teaspoon	turmeric ground
1	teaspoon	fenugreek ground, optional
½	teaspoon	cinnamon
½	teaspoon	cayenne pepper
½	teaspoon	coriander seeds ground
1	x	salt and pepper, to taste	*
⅓	cup	almonds blanched, slivered, toasted, for garnish	*

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
15	ml	vegetable oil
453.6	g	chicken breasts, skinless, boneless, cut into 1 inch pieces
1	each	onions chopped
473	ml	chicken broth or less
237	ml	raisins, seedless or currants
79	ml	apricots dried, or peaches, cut into 1 inch cubes	*
5	ml	saffron threads threads, soaked in lemon juice	*
0.5	each	lemon juiced
5	ml	turmeric ground
5	ml	fenugreek ground, optional
2.5	ml	cinnamon
2.5	ml	cayenne pepper
2.5	ml	coriander seeds ground
1	x	salt and pepper, to taste	*
79	ml	almonds blanched, slivered, toasted, for garnish	*

Directions

Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the chicken and the onion and stir-fry 10 minutes, the until chicken is well browned on all sides and the onion is soft. Stir in 1½ cups of the chicken broth, the raisins, dried fruit, saffron-lemon juice mixture, turmeric, fenugreek, cinnamon, cayenne, and coriander seed. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 5 to 10 minutes, until chicken is cooked through and flavors are married. Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with the almonds.