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Air Fryer Chicken Curry
By: Schwartz UK
July 14, 2026
Ingredients like Schwartz Curry Powder, fresh ginger, garlic, and onion are added at different stages throughout the air frying process for a beautiful weeknight meal that’s ready in 30 minutes. Enjoy air fryer chicken curry with rice and a garnish of nigella seeds and fresh coriander.
Recipe Info
Prep Time:
20
Cook Time:
30-35
Servings:
2
User Rating:
Ingredients
2 skinless and boneless chicken thighs, diced into small chunks
1 tablesppon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon Schwartz® Sea Salt
1/2 onion, finely diced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 thumb sized piece of ginger, peeled and minced
1 tablespoon Schwartz® Mild Curry Powder
1 tablespoon tomato puree
250 grams passata
25 mililitres double cream
15 grams unsalted butter
Garnish
A handful of fresh coriander, chopped (optional)
1/2 teaspoon nigella seeds
Nutrition Information
(per serving)
Ingredients like Schwartz Curry Powder, fresh ginger, garlic, and onion are added at different stages throughout the air frying process for a beautiful weeknight meal that’s ready in 30 minutes. Enjoy air fryer chicken curry with rice and a garnish of nigella seeds and fresh coriander.
Key products
Sea Salt Adjustable Grinder Mill
£3.20
Mild Curry Powder
£2.27
Instructions
Set the air fryer to 200°C.
Place the oil, salt and chicken in an even layer in a deep cake pan insert into the air fryer. Cook for 12 minutes.
Take out chicken and put in a medium bowl and set aside.
Add onion in an even layer and cook for another 4-5 mins.
Add garlic and ginger, stir and cook again for 2 mins.
Add the chicken back, add curry powder and tomato puree, stir and cook for another 2 minutes.
Add passata, stir again and cook for 5 minutes.
Finally add the double cream, stir and cook for another 5 minutes. When its piping hot, take out the cake pan carefully using a tea towel, add the butter, taste it and season with more sea salt if needed.
Serve with rice and/or naan bread and top with nigella seeds and fresh coriander if using.
Cooking Tip:
You can also follow the same recipe and cook in a deep-frying pan using the same stages.
