Chicken saag - Real Recipes from Mums

An easy chicken dinner to whip up mid week with a good serve of veggies in it. If you like your sauce creamier or have kids that fuss about greens, puree the spinach sauce in step 5.

Ingredients (serves 4)

4 skinless chicken breast fillets, diced
250g frozen spinach
3/4 cup plain flour
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup chicken stock
1 tsp crushed garlic
1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
2 tsp garam masala
1/2 cup sour cream

Method

Defrost frozen spinach.
Pour flour into a bag and season with salt and pepper. Add chicken pieces and shake to coat. Remove and shake off any excess flour - put in a bowl.
Heat oil and 1 tablespoon of butter in a frypan. Fry chicken until golden brown. Remove and put aside.
Cook spinach in the chicken stock in a small saucepan for about 5 mins.
Add remaining 1 tablespoon of butter to frypan and sauté garlic briefly. Add spinach and stock, nutmeg and garam masala and simmer for 2 mins.
Stir in the sour cream, then return the chicken to the pan and simmer gently until the sauce thickens (about 2-3 mins).
Serve with rice.

Notes

Saag just means a mildly spiced, green spinach sauce.

23 Comments

- - mom114294 said
  - 13 Feb 2017
    7:06 pm
Very very nice. Would definitely make this again. Thumbs up especially from my teenage son and my husband.

- - mom114294 said
  - 13 Feb 2017
    7:05 pm
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- - rachelvk said
  - 09 Jan 2017
    10:41 am
This looks very heart and yummy. I think my toddler will also like this one as he loves food with spices.
- rachelvk replied
  
  26 Jan 2017 , 8:39 pm
  It really does look very hearty and comforting.
- - coastalkaryn said
  - 01 Aug 2016
    9:35 am
stellar dish – I have all these ingredients in the house YUM

- - nicki.d said
  - 05 Jul 2016
    9:36 am
Sounds so yummy!! Will definitely be giving this a go!!

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 03 Jul 2016
    9:38 pm
Great idea to purée the spinach. My son went through a phase of not wanting to have chunks of spinach in his food, but would eat the barely detectable frozen spinach when put through things. Great recipe also

- - mom62624 said
  - 02 Jul 2016
    4:48 am
An interesting chicken recipe that I would love to make; thanks for sharing!.

- - mom69828 said
  - 30 Jun 2016
    1:56 pm
This looks & sounds delicious! I love spinach but haven’t tried making anything like this before – a must-try for me. Thanks!!

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 29 Jun 2016
    1:14 pm
PS. for a healthier alternative you could substitute the sour cream with natural yoghurt

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 29 Jun 2016
    1:13 pm
YUM!! I love Indian food!

- - ashblonde said
  - 28 Jun 2016
    2:46 pm
Yum! Next meal I make ! Hopefully!

- - curlytops said
  - 28 Jun 2016
    7:18 am
This looks delicious can’t wait to try it.

- - mom90758 said
  - 22 Jun 2016
    6:16 pm
I had never heard the name saag before! The addition of sour cream makes the dish very different. Nice!1

- - Kasey said
  - 22 Jun 2016
    5:00 pm
Looks so tasty!

- - yoyo70 said
  - 22 Jun 2016
    12:24 pm
I love saag. Thank you so much for posting this. I’ve never made it myself – I’ve always bought it – so I can’t wait to make this.
- mom19782016 replied
  
  25 Jun 2016 , 4:59 pm
  It’s much tastier and easier than I expected!
- - mom93821 said
  - 21 Jun 2016
    6:55 am
Thanks for the recipe – love recipes with yummy and good for the body spinach.

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 20 Jun 2016
    12:33 pm
hAVING THE SAME TROUBLE RECOMMENDING SOMETHING. eRROR 409 AGAIN.
- mom93821 replied
  
  22 Jun 2016 , 6:37 am
  Maybe message/contact the Mom’s team – they may be able to help?
- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 20 Jun 2016
    12:24 pm
tHIS LOOKS VERY INVITING AND IT WAS THE NAME THAT CAUGHT MY EYE TOO!

- - Nas01 said
  - 20 Jun 2016
    11:24 am
Looks delicious thanks for sharing.

- - mom112217 said
  - 20 Jun 2016
    10:33 am
Your chicken saag has lots of flavour and look’s amazing!