Quick Chicken Curry With Leftover Chicken Recipe
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Curry With Leftover Chicken
Introducing a mild chicken curry with leftover chicken to your baby is a wonderful way to expose them to diverse flavours and spices early on, which can help develop their palate and reduce the likelihood of fussy eating later.
Using leftover roast chicken adds valuable protein and nutrients essential for growth, while the gentle spices commonly found in mild curries, such as turmeric and cumin, offer natural anti-inflammatory benefits and may aid digestion.
Preparing curry without strong salt or sugar ensures it remains suitable for a baby’s developing system, making it a nutritious, flavourful, and practical meal option in your baby-led weaning journey on those busy weeknights.
Baby Curry Recipes
Baby chicken curry recipes are excellent choices for little ones from six months old because they introduce a variety of flavours and textures that help develop their palate early on.
Dishes like lamb curry, chicken korma, aubergine bhaji, or a vegan curry provide a balanced mix of proteins, vegetables, and gentle spices that are suitable for young digestive systems when prepared appropriately.
These recipes encourage exploration of new tastes while being rich in nutrients essential for growth and development, on those busy nights for an easy meal.
Baby-friendly curries can be easily adapted in consistency to suit the baby's stage of eating, supporting baby-led weaning beautifully by allowing babies to self-feed and enjoy diverse, wholesome meals.
Ingredient information
Chicken - I have used some leftover chicken for this recipe. Leftover chicken such as a rotisserie chicken you had over the weekend makes the best curry recipe and it is quick and easy too.
Olive oil - I have used a little olive oil to brown the chicken and onion granules. You can use an unsalted butter too.
Onion - I have used onion granules for this recipe for a quick recipe, you can use a fresh diced onion too if you like.
Garlic - I have used a garlic puree for this recipe for convenience. You can use 1 clove of garlic for the recipe as an alternative.
Curry powder - I have used a mild curry powder for the curry flavour. A great allrounder for a curry recipe. You can use a mild curry paste too.
Tomato puree/tomato paste - I have used tomato puree to add the sauce element to the curry recipe.
Serving suggestion
You could serve the leftover chicken curry with fluffy rice, pilau rice, basmati rice, coconut rice, cauliflower rice, green beans/frozen peas/tenderstem broccoli or quinoa, and a little bit of a dollop of plain Greek yogurt for a complete meal.
Or you could serve the leftover chicken curry recipe with homemade naan bread or cauliflower traybake.
Other recipes you may like: Dal recipe for baby, Simple naan bread or Slow cooker chicken curry.
Storage instructions
The leftover chicken curry can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days, stored in an airtight container.
If you wanted to freeze the homemade chicken curry, you will need to make sure that the curry has cooled down before transferring to either a freezer bag (carefully) or airtight container.
Ensure that the bag/airtight container is labelled with the item and the date. I use masking tape to label the airtight container.
To defrost this great recipe, leave in the fridge overnight and make sure that it is fully defrosted, before re heating.
To reheat, place the defrosted curry in a saucepan and reheat on a medium heat for 15-20 minutes. You can add in a splash of water if the curry is very thick.
Once the leftover curry has been defrosted you will not be able to store leftovers, reheat or re freeze.
Equipment used to help with this recipe
Saucepan - So many pan sets out there but I particularly like to use pans with a non-stick surface for ease of cleaning and ones that are suitable for different types of hob surface.
Airtight container - I much prefer the click-shut lids on these containers compared to others. They are also dishwasher and freezer safe and BPA free, so very suitable for food use.
Recipe | Quick Chicken Curry With Leftover Chicken Recipe
Quick Chicken Curry With Leftover Chicken Recipe
This is a very quick curry recipe using leftover cooked chicken. A fun way to serve a curry to your baby from 6 months old.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Add the olive oil to a medium saucepan or large pan and heat for a minute or so.
- Add in the leftover cooked chicken and the onion granules and cook on a medium-low heat until heated through.
- Spoon in the garlic puree and heat for a minute or so.
- Next add in the curry powder and tomato puree and mix together in the saucepan.
- Pour in 125ml hot water, the cooking time will be for 5-8 minutes until you achieve a thick tomato-based sauce. Give everything a good stir.
- Leave to cool slightly and serve with rice or homemade naan bread.
Notes
You can use other meats or fish such as cooked turkey for a quick leftover turkey curry recipe, or cooked cod or salmon.
Hope you and your whole family enjoy!
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