I need tender chicken!

[Megalos]

When they do it in the restaurants, they cook it on a tandori (sp?) oven, then add the meat to the curry after it is cooked.


The best way I can think of replicating this when at home, is to:

-Pre-heat you oven to 180oc

-Place a oven proof dish that has a lid into the oven with about a centimetre of water in it (best to boil the water beforehand)

-cut the chicken into the cube sizes you like

-seal it, by flash pan frying it (make sure the pan is very very hot) til slightly brown on the outside

-Pull off some tin-foil (enough that you will be able to make a nice envelope with plenty of space inside for the chicken)

-tip the contents of the pan into the tin foil, add whatever spices you want to the chicken, add half a tablespoon of animal fat, and seal the tin foil into an envelope, with plenty of room inside for the chicken to breathe (don't squash the Tin-foil around it).

-place your air/water tight tin-foil envelope into the oven proof dish, place lid on top, and cook for about half hour.

-prepare your sauce

-add chicken to sauce about 5 mins prior to serving



Voila! nice tender chicken!



If it is still not tender enough for you, try it as above, but cook the whole chicken brests instead of cubing it, then cut and add to the sauce as above.


Enjoy

Mega