Quick Chicken Ka Salan Recipe 👩🏽🍳🍲
Making chicken ka salan is very easy!! See below for my quick recipe:
Ingredients:
-halal chicken breast meat (I get mine’s from Costco)
-ginger
-garlic
-thai chili peppers
-tomatoes
-red onions (can also use yellow onions too if you prefer)
-jalapeños
-avocado oil
-salt
-red chili powder
-turmeric powder
-garlic powder
-cumin powder or seeds
-coriander powder
-freshly ground black pepper
Recipe:
1. In a wok or a karahi, add avocado oil and let it warm on medium to high heat.
2. Then add the thinly chopped ginger, garlic, and Thai chili peppers to the oil and let it get toasty brown.
3. Then add onions to the above mix and keep stirring.
4. When you see that the onions are getting golden brown, then add the chicken breast meat.
5. Simmer down the heat to medium or low to medium heat so you can cook the meat from the inside. (This step is key especially if you’re adding frozen meat to the dish)
6. Then put the lid on and let it cook for 10 minutes.
7. Then remove the lid and bring up the heat to medium high and add the spices as listed above and cook for a few minutes.
8. Then add the tomatoes.
9. Put the lid on for a few minutes and then keep stirring after a while. You will notice that the tomatoes are releasing juices.
10. Then when you notice that the chicken and tomatoes are basically close to being cooked thoroughly, which you would notice by the color of the meat and the mushiness of the tomatoes, add more red onions and jalapeños.
11. Enjoy 😋
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