Cal Smart Chicken Patties in Tikka Sauce
with Parsley Rice
Flecks of cilantro stems don't just make these chicken patties look pretty – they also add a ton of flavour! Tikka sauce blends beautifully with cream cheese to give this curry a velvety texture without the heaviness.
Calorie Smart (650kcal or less) is based on a per-serving calculation of the recipe's kilocalorie amount.
Ingredients: Ground chicken • Basmati rice • Roma tomatoes • Tikka curry sauce (water, tomato paste, onions, sugar, modified milk ingredients, soybean oil, vinegar, modified corn starch, salt, garlic, canola oil, concentrated lemon juice, garlic powder, onion powder, seasoning, spices, polysorbate 60, xanthan gum, citric acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) (milk) • Spinach • Lemon • Cream cheese (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, lactic acid, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Parsley • Garlic salt (salt, garlic powder, silicon dioxide).
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
250 g
Ground Chicken
¼ cup
Tikka Sauce
(Contains Milk May contain Mustard, Sesame, Gluten, Wheat, Fish, Tree nuts, Crustaceans, Milk, Sulphites, Soy, Egg)
1 unit(s)
Tomato
56 g
Baby Spinach
1 unit(s)
Cream Cheese
(Contains Milk)
¾ cup
Basmati Rice
7 g
Parsley
½ unit(s)
Lemon
1 tsp
Garlic Salt
(May contain Milk, Sulphites, Wheat, Tree nuts, Triticale, Mustard, Soy, Sesame, Peanuts)
Not included in your delivery
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
1 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
(Contains Milk)
0.31 tsp
Salt*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Instructions
- Add rice, 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 cups) water and 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) salt to a medium pot. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Once boiling, reduce heat to low. Cover and cook until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, 12-14 min.
- Remove from heat. Set aside, still covered.
- Meanwhile, heat a large non-stick pan over medium heat.
- While the pan heats, thinly slice parsley stems.
- Add chicken, parsley stems and half the garlic salt to a medium bowl. Season with pepper, then combine.
- Form mixture into four 1/2-inch-thick patties (8 patties for 4 ppl).
- When the pan is hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter, then swirl until melted.
- Add chicken patties. Pan-fry until cooked through, 3-4 min per side.**
- Remove from heat. Transfer patties to a plate.
- Meanwhile, cut half the lemon (whole lemon for 4 ppl) into wedges.
- Roughly chop parsley.
- Roughly chop spinach.
- Cut tomato into 1/2-inch pieces.
- When patties are done, with the pan still off heat, stir in cream cheese, half the tikka sauce (use all for 4 ppl) and 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) water.
- Return the pan to medium. Bring to a simmer, stirring often to combine.
- Once simmering, stir in tomatoes. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens slightly, 1-2 min.
- Add spinach. Cook, stirring often, until wilted, 1 min.
- Season with pepper and remaining garlic salt.
- Return chicken patties to the pan. Gently stir to warm through, 1 min. (TIP: If sauce gets too thick, add water, 1 tbsp at a time, until you reach desired consistency.)
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Add half the parsley to the pot with rice, then fluff with a fork. (TIP: Add 1 tbsp [2 tbsp] butter, then fluff until melted, if desired.)
- Divide parsley rice between plates.
- Spoon sauce over rice. Top with chicken patties.
- Sprinkle with remaining parsley.
- Squeeze a lemon wedge over top, if desired.
If you've opted to get chicken, prep and cook it in the same way the recipe instructs you to prep and cook the turkey.**