A Quick Fix Lunch – Grilled Chicken Breast, Jerk Seasoned Turkey Cutlets & a Simple Salad with a Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

AJ was working from home one of these days and since I already had some leftovers from the day before for my lunch, I thought i’ll make something nice and meaty for him. Ever since i got my stove top grill, it has been so very easy to just marinate a chicken breast or some fish fillets and just grill them up for lunch/dinner.
I started off with just grilling a chicken breast, but there was no bread or anything else to go with it and I was sure that i will have to cook something in a couple of hours if i give him just one chicken breast for lunch :) So, there was some ground turkey and i decided to make some cutlets with it. Wait a minute, is that just too much of meat?!?! Let me add some veggies to the plate as well. With so much meat on the plate, AJ will definitely not mind eating some veggies with it. So, i just made a simple salad with some lettuce, brussel sprouts and radish and spooned some roasted red pepper sauce on it.


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My Everyday Chicken Masala Recipe

I have come a long way from making chicken curry with just the readymade “chicken masala”. It was very easy but i could tell that AJ was getting bored of it after a while – I mean anyone would as it will have the same packed masala taste to it.  This “My Everyday Chicken Masala” recipe  is my go-to chicken recipe that I came up with one day by just putting in whatever i thought will go well together with each other and with the chicken. Also AJ wanted something really spicy and that is what this recipe is, so pls adjust the spices according to your taste.

 

You will need:

Chicken Breasts – 2, cut into bite sized pieces Yellow Onion – 1/2 , chopped Green Bell Pepper – 1/2, chopped Thai Green Chillies – 5 or 6, minced Ginger – 1 tbsp of  finely minced ginger Garlic – 1 clove, minced Tomato – 1, chopped ( i ran out of tomato for this, so i used 1/2 tsp of tomato paste) Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder – 2 tsp ( i use this as it is not very spicy, remember the green chillies that are already there , and it gives a nice deep red colour) Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp Roasted Coriander – Dried Red Chilli powder – 2 tsp ( roast almost equal quantities of coriander seeds and dried red chillies and grind finely) Tomato Ketchup – 2 tbsp Salt, to taste Canola Oil – 2 tsp

Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onions, ginger, garlic and green chillies. Add the turmeric powder and kashmiri chilli powder and sauté for a while. Next add the tomato and after a couple of minutes add the garam masala and the coriander-dried red chilli powder (if using the tomato paste, add the garam masala and the coriander-dried red chilli powder before it). Now add the green bell pepper and let it cook for a while. Add the chicken pieces after this and let it cook on medium heat. Once the chicken is completely cooked and the masalas/spices have gotten together on the chicken, add the tomato ketchup and salt and let it cook on med-low heat for about 10 mins more.

Serve hot with rice/ rotis or even bread!

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