Chinese Chicken Curry For Just £1.54 For 4

Sharing is caring!

This is how to make Chinese chicken curry like a takeaway

This classic Chinese dish is a delicious and comforting meal that is easy to prepare at home. Made with tender chicken, aromatic spices, and a rich, creamy sauce, Chinese Chicken Curry is a flavourful and satisfying dish that the whole family will enjoy.

The key to a great Chinese Chicken Curry is in the spices. Cumin, coriander, and ginger create a warm, fragrant base, while chilli peppers add a subtle heat. The sauce is thickened with cornflour, resulting in a luxuriously velvety texture.

Serve your Chinese Chicken Curry over steamed rice or noodles for a complete and nourishing meal. Top with fresh cilantro, green onions, or toasted sesame seeds for added flavour and texture. This dish is sure to become a new family favourite.

This tasty Chinese chicken curry recipe can be made within 25 minutes and tastes just like your local takeaway.

The chicken in this recipe is really tender. We make ours from frozen chicken breasts but of course fresh meat works well too.

What we like the most is that you can make this recipe as spicy or as mild as your family like. We love to serve ours with brown rice and homemade naan bread.

If you are looking for cheap family meals and are unsure what to cook then make sure you have a look at our other posts like:

If you are looking for more £1 head family meals then have a look at:

One Month of Family Meal Ideas on a Budget – This brings together a month of family meals that cost under £2.50 a day. All meals are included and you can use our meal plan in this post for inspiration.

21 Budget Family Meals and a £16 Aldi Meal Plan – This is a £16 a week meal plan for when you are struggling money-wise. All the meals are budget-friendly and taste great.

31 Meals Under £1 Per Serving – These are all the meals we could that come in ar under £1 a head. They can also be bulked out with cans of kidney beans, carrots or any frozen vegetables you have.

Just like this recipe, we have so many meal ideas that are cheap and easy to cook. Our 101 Aldi Recipes That Will Give You Dinner Ideas For Tonight will also help you fill up your weekly meal plan.

Join our free Resource Vault

If you struggle to meal plan then make sure you use our free meal plans in our free Resource Vault.

We have over 20+ free printables that you can download as many times as you like. This includes shopping lists, meal plans and even budget planners.

Join our free Resource Vault here

(By joining giving us your email address you are consenting to us emailing you about our other travel, home and lifestyle ideas. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of every email.)

Chicken Curry Sauce Recipe

If Chinese curry is one of your favourite takeaways then this recipe will help you get your weekend fix.

This is a mild curry so is great for kids as well as grown-ups. You can really spice it up with fresh or dried chills for the grown-ups and dial it back down for the little ones.

The spice mix is made up of a pinch of:

Coriander,

Cumin,

Sea Salt,

Chilli flakes,

Fenugreek,

Paprika,

Turmeric,

Cinnamon,

Black Pepper

Cardamom,

Star Anise,

Fennel.

We get our mix from Spicentice. They send out packets of spices with easy to follow instructions so you can make a meal from scratch.

They are great to use if you are new to cooking from scratch or if you are looking to get your family eating new budget-friendly meals and have no clue where to start.

We tried them at the start of this year and loved them. We got stuck in a food rut and they helped by giving us ideas while keeping our food budget really low.

We made the below meals using Spicentice. Try them for yourself here:

Easy Chicken Fajita Recipe: A Family Meal for 94p a Person

Spaghetti Meatball Recipe For 73p a Head

Vegan Shepherd’s Pie For Just 82p Per Portion

Beginner Chilli Con Carne Recipe for Just 95p a Head

If you’d like to try Spicentice yourself then make sure you use our link here with our code LASAVE20 to get 20% off every purchase.*

What to have with Chicken Curry Chinese Style

We love to have naan bread with all our curry’s. It’s a great way to fill up the kids who normally just pick at this meal.

Our naan recipe is cheap and quick to make. You don’t need anything special and if you prefer you can make it in advance.

You also add any spices or garlic to it if you prefer. We make some simple garlic butter for ours but they are lovely plain as well.

Yeast Free Naan Recipe

250g plain flour
2 tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
120ml milk (we use soya milk)

Mix all the ingredients together in one bowl. It will seem like a sticky mess so you may need to keep adding a small bit of flour in the bowl in till it all comes together.

This is the time to add any extra tastes like dried chillis or extra garlic.

Leave to rise for 10 – 20 minutes.

You should be able to make around six balls with this recipe.

Once you are ready, sprinkle some flour on the surface and roll out the six balls into flat pancakes. Don’t worry about the shape too much.

Heat a frying pan and lightly wipe around some oil.

Place the first flat naan in and watch it start to rise. Each site normally takes a few minutes. We like ours to have some brown patches but cook yours however you like them.

Serve them straight away or warm them under the grill.

Chicken Curry Chinese Style

The ingredients for our chicken curry Chinese style recipe are:

2 chicken breasts 65p

2 onions 16p

Small piece of ginger 15p

2 garlic cloves 6p

400ml chicken stock 3p

2 tbsp low cal spray 10p

3 tbsp plain flour 10p

1 tsp sugar 5p

180g Rice 24p

Total: £1.54 (All prices from Aldi and correct at time of publishing)

You can easily use a lot of your cupboard essentials for this recipe. Items like the chicken stock and vegetable oil you probably already have.

We used brown rice with ours but you could easily use white rice or noodles if you prefer.

If you decide to use frozen chicken breasts like we did then start by defrosting them. You could put them in the fridge the night before to make sure they have fully defrosted.

Once you’ve chopped them into squares, slice the onion, ginger and garlic. Chop or grate it as small as possible.

Prepare the stock by filling a jug with 400ml of hot water. Mix in the plain flour and the spice mixture, whichever one you are using.

Whisk it so it’s as smooth as possible. You don’t want any lumps at all. This could take a few minutes and if you need to add a little extra flour then do so.

Leave the sauce to one side for a few minutes.

Heat the oil in the pan over a medium heat and start to fry the chicken int ill it’s lightly coloured.

Add in the ginger and garlic pieces then add the onion. Fry in till the onion are clear.

Stir fry it all together then add your liquid mixture. Reduce the heat to a shimmer.

This is when you can add any of your extra or favourite vegetables like peas or peppers. Add the sugar in and keep simmering away for around 10 – 15 minutes. Stir it if needed.

Related Posts: 

• 31 Aldi Slow Cooker Recipes For The Whole Family
• Feeding a Family on a Budget: This Weekly Shop is Just £18
• 21 Cheap Meals for a Week for a Family

You can also add water if you feel that the sauce is getting too thick.

This is when you would cook your rice if using as it normally takes about 15 minutes to cook. If you are using noodles then wait right up in till you are ready to serve as they only take a few minutes to cook through.

Remember you can print out this recipe below!

Laura x

If you enjoyed this post and would like some more family friendly budget recipes or meal plan ideas, then head over to the budget food section here on Savings 4 Savvy Mums where you’ll find over 30 cheap posts dedicated to helping you cook and shop wiser for less. There’s enough tips to help you save over £300 a month! You could also pop over and follow my family food Pinterest boards for lots more ideas on how to eat well and spend less; Family Meal Plans on a Budget, Budget Family Meals & Budget Slimming World Recipes for Families.

Love this post? Then why not save it to Pinterest so you can easily find it later.

What the * means

If a link has an * by it, then this means it is an affiliate link and helps S4SM stay free for all. If you use the link, it may mean that we receive a very small payment. It will not cost you anymore that it would normally.

You shouldn’t notice any difference and the link will never negatively impact the product. The items we write about are NEVER dictated by these links. We aim to look at all products on the market. If it isn’t possible to get an affiliate link, then the link, or product is still included in the same way, just with a non-paying link.

Sharing is caring!