Easy Chinese chicken curry

Name: Easy Chinese chicken curry
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 250g/9oz long grain or basmati rice; 500g/1lb 2oz skinless, boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces; 3 tbsp dark soy sauce; 1 tbsp cornflour; 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 2 brown onions, thickly sliced; 1 tbsp finely grated ginger; 1 tbsp finely grated garlic; 3 tbsp mild curry powder; 600ml/20fl oz chicken stock; 200g/7oz fresh pineapple chunks; 225g tin sliced water chestnuts in water, drained (140g drained weight); 2 mixed peppers, thickly sliced

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:30min

A crowd-pleasing easy chicken curry, packed with the Chinese flavours you'd expect from the takeaway version, but still keeping the calories low and the protein high. The sauce freezes well and is really easy to make using two popular spice blends: curry powder and five-spice. Each serving provides 487 kcal, 37g protein, 66g carbohydrates (of which 10.5g sugars), 7g fat (of which 1.5g saturates), 4.5g fibre and 2g salt.

Updated at: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:11:31 GMT