Cooking with Rooibos: Spicy Chicken Casserole
A chicken curry layered with warm spices and enriched with rooibos tea stock. The rooibos adds subtle depth, creating a flavourful dish perfect for everyday cooking.
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Serves: 4-6
Cooking time: 1½ hours
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Ingredients
- 6ā8 chicken pieces (drumsticks and legs)
- Salt and pepper
- Oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 7,5 ml (1½ tsp) fresh ginger, grated
- 6 cloves garlic, grated
- 2 each cardamom pods and star anise
- 20 ml (4 tsp) ground cumin
- 15 ml (1 Tbsp) ground coriander
- 15 ml (1 Tbsp) ground paprika
- 15 ml (1 Tbsp) roasted masala
- 10 ml (2 tsp) ground cinnamon
- 15 ml (1 Tbsp) tomato paste
- 400 ml (1 cooking teabag) CarmiƩn Lekker & Goed Spicy Rooibos Masala Chai Cooking Teabag
- Juice and grated rind of 1 lemon
- 250 ml (1 cup) coconut milk
- 15 ml (1 Tbsp) brown sugar or honey
- 4-6 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
- 6 pickling onions, peeled
- 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 6 bay leaves
- 1 can (400 g) butter beans
TO FINISH:
- 30 ml (2 Tbsp) each chopped coriander leaves, mint and parsley
- A few chopped almonds
Method
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Add some oil in a large casserole dish and fry the chicken until slightly brown.
- Fry the onion and garlic separately in oil until soft. Add the ginger and spices and stir-fry for about 1 minute.
- In a separate bowl or measuring cup, mix the CarmiƩn Lekker & Goed Spicy Rooibos Masala Chai Cooking Teabag stock, tomato paste, lemon juice, lemon zest, and coconut milk.
- Pour the mixture over the cooked onion, garlic and spices, then lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add honey to taste.
- Arrange the chicken in the casserole dish.
- Add the chopped vegetables and bay leaves.
- Bring to a boil, then lower the heat, cover and simmer until done (about 1 hour).
- Add the butter beans and heat till warm.
- Finish with chopped herbs and almonds.
- Serve with rice.