Saturday, 15 November 2025

Diced Chicken Cream-Curry (Hähnchen Geschnetzeltes)

 Geschnetzeltes (or diced in English) is a common dish in German everyday cuisine. And I picked up this recipe from this site

https://www.einfachmalene.de/curry-geschnetzeltes-kochen/

What you need

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • salt, pepper
  • garlic clove
  • one chilli
  • coriander or parsley
  • 3-4 strips of bacon
  • 1-2 cups of cream
  • 1 cup of stock (veggie/chicken)
  • 2 tbsp of curry powder
  • 1/2 cup of creme Fraiche 
  • knob of butter
Optional: a cup of peas or beans (cut)

Equipment

  • large sauce pan

How you do it

  • clean and dice the chicken breasts
  • cut the bacon strips into small chunks
  • peal and cut the onion, chilli and garlic
  • heat up the pan with a knob of butter
  • put in the diced onions and chilli before the butter turns brown. Cook for a few minutes
  • add the bacon until all sides are cooked
  • then add the garlic and chicken. cook the chicken until all sides look white/cooked
  • add the cup of stock and cook for a couple of minutes
  • add the curry powder, mix well so you don't get any clumps
  • then add the cream/creme Fraiche and cook for about 15minutes - or until the cream turns the sauce a bit thick
  • I'd like to add some peas or beans, but that's up to the individual cook. 
  • finally, add the coriander


Coronation Chicken (finally)

 One of my favourite dishes, but not easy to find (as it has fallen out of fashion). Here is a recipe from the "Hairy Bikers" which I tried (with some variations

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/coronation_chicken_30402

What you need

Equipment

  • bowl
  • frying pan
  • measuring cups

How you do it

  • Cut the chicken into little cubes/pieces
  • in a bowl put oil and lemon juice/zest and mix with the chicken pieces. Add a bit of salt and pepper 
  • Heat up some butter in the frying pan and when hot, add the chicken cubes with the marinade and cook until brown. Put aside and let cool down
  • Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the shallot and chilli and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the curry powder and cook for 2–3 minutes. Stir in the tomato purée and cook for a further minute. Add the wine and simmer until the volume of the liquid has reduced by half.
  • Stir in the jam and stock, and simmer until the volume of the liquid has reduced by half. Set aside to cool.
  • Mix the mayonnaise and the crème fraîche together in a bowl, then stir in the curry dressing. Fold in the mango, spring onions, lemon juice and coriander.
  • Fold the chicken cubes into the curry dressing, finish with seasoning it with salt and pepper (if needed). Add almond flakes
Instead of a mango, I have seen people take raisins or mixed dried fruits.