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Chicken Rogan Josh
The rich, highly aromatic Kashmiri dish known as rogan josh typically is made with lamb. We use bone-in chicken thighs that have had their skin removed before cooking to prevent the sauce from becoming too greasy. Butter and warm spices flavor the dish, and yogurt stirred in at the end adds creaminess. We use cinnamon sticks, whole cardamom pods and cumin seeds instead of the ground form of these spices so the sauce is velvety and without any chalkiness. Serve with basmati rice or warm naan.
4
Servings
Tip
Don't use regular yogurt in place of the Greek yogurt. Its thinner consistency will make the sauce watery. We preferred the richness of whole-milk Greek yogurt, but low-fat will work, too. Don't use nonfat, which lacks flavor.
FAST: 1¼ hours
Slow: 4¾ to 5¾ hours
40 minutes active
Ingredients
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2
tablespoons salted butter
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2
medium yellow onions, finely chopped
Directions
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01On a 6-quart Instant Pot, select Normal/Medium Sauté. Add the butter and melt, then add the onions, garlic, cardamom, cinnamon and ½ teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring often, until the onions have softened, about 5 minutes. Add the ginger, tomato paste, cumin, paprika, allspice, cayenne, and 1 teaspoon each salt and black pepper, then cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add 1 cup water and stir, scraping up any browned bits. Nestle the chicken in an even layer, slightly overlapping the pieces if needed.
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January 20, 2023
Terrific
This worked beautifully. I had to substitute the cardamom pods for 1/2 teaspoon of ground cardamom as suggested and I did the same with the cinnamon, using 1/2 teaspoon of ground. I also did use regular yogurt instead of greek because that is what I had. It worked just fine. Cook what you have.
January 30, 2024
Chicken Rogan Josh
Delicious and better than the sum of its parts. Spices are amazing. The hardest part was getting the skin off of chicken thighs BUT it was worth it.
Made this with boneless skinless thighs, cut into pieces, because we dislike saucy chicken with bones. Perhaps we lost some flavor as a result, because this was just OK and kinda forgettable. We had it alongside this site's Aloo Gobi, which was stellar, so it's also possible it was just overshadowed.
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We enjoyed this recipe and will make again.