# I demand chicken! (a poll, really)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-demand-chicken-a-poll-really/290614>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 17, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-demand-chicken-a-poll-really/290614 "2005-02-17T23:18:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-demand-chicken-a-poll-really/290614/41 "2005-03-02T22:26:44Z")

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A quick chicken curry:

For 2 people

Ingredients:  
[ul]  
[li] two chicken breasts[/li][li]one medium onion[/li][li]two medium potatoes[/li][li] two desert spoons tomato puree[/li][li] about a desert spoon vegetable oil[/li][li] a few black peppercorns, cloves, cardamom pods and a bit of cinnamon[/li][li]a tomato[/li][li]salt to taste[/li][li] a pinch of tumeric[/li][li] dhana jeera – this is a 1:1 mixture of ground corriander and cumin seeds, - can be bought from the supermarket nowadays, or your local Indian shop ready ground, or is easy to make\*[/li][li] Clove of garlic[/li][li] about a 2cm piece of ginger[/li][li]Chilli Powder[/li][/ul]  
Method:

[ul]  
[li] Boil the chicken in water, the peppercorns etc, a pinch of salt, the garlic and ginger (smashed up) and the tomato (chopped roughly)[/li]  
[li]Whilst this is happening, chop the onion finely, peel the potatoes and cut into 4 or 6 pieces.[/li]  
[li]Once chicken is cooked (20 mins or so), take it out of the stock (but do not throw stock away), and cut chicken up into small-ish pieces.[/li]  
[li] In a medium pan, heat the vegetable oil, and cook the onions till they begin to caramelise.[/li]  
[li]Add the potatoes and cook for about five minutes.[/li]  
[li]In a small plate, mix the tomato puree with the dhana jeera, tumeric, some salt, chilli powder, and some more of the peppercorns, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon, as well as a large spoonful of the stock. Add to pan, and stir briskly to mix.[/li]  
[li]Let this cook for about 3 or four minutes, before adding the chicken, and about half to three quarters of the stock. Stir to mix, and then leave to simmer until the potatoes have cooked.[/li][/ul]

\*\*To make dhana jeera, roast equal amounts of corriander and cumin in a wok or dry frying pan, over a gentle heat, until you can just smell the oils. Grind using a mortar and pestle until really fine.

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**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-demand-chicken-a-poll-really/290614/42 "2005-03-03T02:12:55Z")

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Wow! Thank you everybody, you so rock.

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