Recipe: Delicious Chicken Dhansak

Chicken Dhansak.

You can have Chicken Dhansak using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Dhansak

1. It's 2 of onions, finely chopped.
2. Prepare 6-8 of chicken thighs, boned, skinned and all visible fat removed or 4 breasts.
3. It's 2 of garlic cloves, crushed.
4. You need 20 of g/¾oz ginger, finely grated.
5. It's 2 tsp of garam masala.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of hot chilli powder.
7. It's 400 g of tin chopped tomatoes.
8. Prepare 600 of ml/20floz chicken stock, made with 1 chicken stock cube.
9. Prepare 100 of g/3½oz dried red split lentils, rinsed and drained.
10. It's 2 of bay leaves.

Chicken Dhansak step by step

1. Spray a wide-based pan with oil and place. Cook the onions for five minutes, stirring regularly, until softened and very lightly browned..
2. Cut the chicken thighs in half and add to the pan. Cook for two minutes, turning occasionally. Stir in the garlic, ginger, garam masala and chilli powder and cook you smell the spices.
3. Add the tomatoes into the pan,chicken stock, lentils and bay leaves. Bring to the boil, then cover loosely with a lid and simmer gently until the chicken is tender and the lentils have completely broken down, stirring occasionally. Remove the lid for the last 10 minutes of cooking time, stirring regularly so the lentils don’t stick..
4. Serve with the rice.