If you know me, you know I’m all about getting you out of the kitchen and back to your family—but I still want you to eat like royalty! This 1-pot braised curry chicken is my absolute secret weapon. By starting with a high-quality pre-made curry sauce and braising the chicken until it’s fall-off-the-bone tender, you get deep, complex flavors that taste like they took eight hours to develop, but really only took one.
The best part? The garnishes! Don’t skip the toasted coconut and almonds; they add that ‘fancy restaurant’ crunch that makes this dish feel special enough for Shabbat but easy enough for a Tuesday. It’s warm, it’s comforting, and it’s about to become your new weeknight favorite!
Easy Chicken Curry
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- Kosher salt
- Freshly cracked black pepper
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 2 chickens cut into 6 pieces each breast-wing, thigh, and leg
- 27 ounces curry pasta sauce
- 2 cups chicken broth
- Garnishes: toasted coconut chutney, toasted sliced almonds, cilantro leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Pat dry chicken pieces and season with salt and pepper. Heat a large saute pan, lightly coated with evoo, over medium-high heat. Brown chicken, in batches, until medium brown. Place browned chicken in Dutch oven.
- Whisk curry pasta sauce with chicken broth. Spoon sauce over chicken, cover and braise for 50-60 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
- Transfer chicken to a platter and spoon sauce over chicken. Serve with desired garnishes.
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Notes
Note: If you can’t find a curry pasta sauce simply add good quality curry powder to a simple pasta sauce.
Browning the meat or chicken typically provides a richer, deeper flavor, but it will work without that step.
Can you braise chicken without Browning first?
This sauce is not currently available in Israel, sorry.
I keep thinking that now that Jamie Geller made aliyah, her recipes will become more Israeli friendly and use ingredients that are available here, or specify appropriate substitutes. 🙂
We get this request a lot and most of the recipes are Israeli friendly, however occasionally we have brand partners which requires a specific brand that might not be available in Israel as this recipe does. You can try using a pasta sauce and adding curry powder.
where did you find this sauce in Israel?