Chicken Katsu Curry

Ingredients

• Flaked Almonds

  Tesco

  25 grams or 25g

• Coconut oil

  1 tsp or 5g

• Chicken breast

  raw, skinless

  2 full breast (both fillets) or 472g

• Garlic

  2 cloves raw - Whole Foods Market

  2 cloves, raw or 6g

• Olive oil

  2 tsp or 9g

• Curry powder

  2 tsp or 4g

• Turmeric

  ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.6g

• White rice

  long-grain, regular, raw, enriched

  100g

• Carrots

  raw

  1 medium or 61g

• Whole wheat flour

  whole-grain

  1 tbsp or 8g

Directions

1. Heat oven to 220C. Cook the rice in plenty of boiling water for 35 mins or until very tender. Crush the almonds using a pestle and mortar, or blitz in a food processor until finely chopped, then sprinkle over a plate. Grease a small baking tray with a little of the oil. Brush the chicken on both sides with the remaining oil and season well. Coat the chicken with the nuts and place on the tray. Press any remaining nuts from the plate onto each breast. Bake for 20 mins or until browned and cooked through. Rest for 4-5 mins on the tray. Meanwhile, make the sauce. Heat the oil in a medium non-stick saucepan and add the onion, garlic and ginger. Loosely cover the pan and fry gently for 4 mins or until softened and lightly browned, stirring occasionally. Remove the lid for the final 1 mins, and don’t let the garlic burn. Stir in the curry powder, star anise, turmeric and a good grinding of black pepper. Cook for a few secs more, stirring. Sprinkle over the flour and stir well. Gradually add 400ml water to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook for 10 mins, stirring occasionally. If it begins to splutter, cover loosely with a lid. Remove the pan from the heat and blitz the sauce with a stick blender until very smooth. Adjust the seasoning to taste. Keep warm. Once the rice is tender, add the spring onions and cook for 1 min more. Drain well, then leave to stand for a few mins while you make the salad. Toss the carrot and cucumber with the chilli, lime juice and herbs. Divide the sliced chicken between two plates, pour over the sauce and serve with the rice, salad and lime wedges for squeezing over.