Food at Faithlegg
One Saturday a month, head chef at Faithlegg House Hotel Jenny Flynn will join Maria McCann on The Saturday Café for Food At Faithlegg. This month Jenny is sharing her butter chicken recipe. Jenny will share a seasonal recipe and talk about the upcoming trends in the food world, focusing on local suppliers. She will also give tips and tricks for entertaining at home.
Indian Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhana) Curry
This is a recipe that can be adapted to vegan quite easily great flavour and marinade can be used for summer BBQ.
Tandoori chicken marinade
20g garlic puree
5g salt
5g chilli powder 1 lime juice only
20g ginger puree
5g turmeric
1 lime juice only
300ml natural yogurt
Dice the chicken and marinade for 12 hours before use
Butter chicken sauce
1 lb of butter (butter is used for cooking the chicken in)
Do not put butter into the sauce as it will make it not suitable for a vegan
1 large onion diced
35g ginger puree 8 cloves of garlic chopped
30g garam masala
8 cardamom seeds crushed
10g cayenne pepper
10g ground cumin
10g ground coriander
1 cinnamon stick
2 bay leaves
1 litre good-quality vegetable stock
200g tomato puree
1litre tomato passata
1lt coconut milk
Method:
Make the sauce by frying off the onion without colour add the spices with the garlic and ginger
Allow to cook slowing
Add liquid and cook for a further 5 mins
Keep stirring and cook out for 30mins it should become thicker sauce consistently
Remove cinnamon stick add chopped fresh coriander
To assemble the dish
Melt butter in a pan fry off chicken and add sauce allow to cook for 15 mins
About Faithlegg
Faithlegg is an award-winning 4-star hotel set in beautiful grounds with its own 18 – hole golf course right on the doorstep. Opened officially by FBD Hotels & Resorts in 1998, Faithlegg is a luxury property designed to meet the needs of the most discerning guest whether staying for business or leisure.
Dining is always a pleasure at Faithlegg, where talented Head Chef Jenny Flynn takes pride in creating delicious dishes showcasing the very best of local ingredients.
Faithlegg takes pride in its dedicated team and boasts many long-serving experienced staff whose wealth of knowledge and genuine duty of customer care has managed to reach and maintain a high standard of service over the years.
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