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Butter Chicken with Garlic Naan
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Butter Chicken with Mango and Lime Raita, Pink Pickled Onions and Garlic Naan
A reimagining of Shakira's original signature dish, a chicken curry inspired by her dad, served with raita, mint chutney and brown rice. This time the chicken is marinated and chargrilled and the spices are bloomed.
Shakira Khan: "I've got to just pull it out of the bag now. Smash it out of the park."
Shakira Khan: "So I'm starting with my chicken marinade. I'm just getting this mixed together. It's actually been a proper graft to get to the final four. I mean, we've had some great competitors along the way. I just have to get through another round and I'm another step closer to that trophy. It's going to be absolutely glorious. And Papa is going to be asking me for a recipe this time."
Shakira Khan: "Butter chicken with a mango and lime raita, pink pickled onions and garlic naan bread."
Shakira Khan: "So it's taken inspiration from Papa Khan, but we're taking it to the next level."
Shakira Khan: "The first one was basically a stew, looking back at it now. This one, you chargrill the chicken. I've got to bloom all those spices off. The lovely Sema blew my mind when she showed me her butter chicken, and that was a much elevated curry."
Shakira Khan: "Measuring spoons. We're not eyeing it today."
{Shakira Khan}: "It's going to plan so far."
{Shakira Khan}: "I want them really charred."
{Shakira Khan}: "My onions look absolutely gorgeous."
Shakira Khan: "Just letting that tomato paste cook off with the curry spices."
Shakira Khan: "Naan hacks. Look at that."
Shakira Khan: "I am on business today."
Shakira Khan: "The pressure's on. I'm feeling it, but I've got this. I've got this."
{Shakira Khan}: "It's pretty good. I'm pretty happy with it."
{Shakira Khan}: "That went pretty darn good. Woohoo."
{Shakira Khan}: "He's not tried anything I've made yet. He's going to be like, who is my daughter?"
During the cook:
{Grace Dent}: "Shakira's signature dish, when we first met, was inspired by her dad: a chicken curry, a raita and a mint chutney and brown rice. I think this curry is delicious, but it wasn't incredibly precise."
Giorgio Locatelli: "The rice is a disaster. The chicken is a little bit dry. (recalling the original dish)"
Giorgio Locatelli: "Garlic naan bread. Wow. That's a big step for you, baking today as well."
Grace Dent: "What makes butter chicken elevated as compared to the first curry you made? ... I can see measuring spoons as well."
Giorgio Locatelli: "Shakira, her growth in this kitchen is amazing."
Grace Dent: "She's certainly elevating her signature dish. She's marinated the chicken and she's going to grill them, so they've got lovely color and lovely depth of flavor."
Giorgio Locatelli: "It is so important to balance the spice."
Grace Dent: "I want the naan to be fluffy and soft."
Giorgio Locatelli: "Like a pillow."
Grace Dent: "Pillowy, but also have a lovely color. I think this sounds absolutely wonderful."
At judging:
Giorgio Locatelli: "That naan is perfect. It's fluffy, it's got that hint of garlic, it's delicious. The butter chicken is, I'm sorry, don't say that to your dad, but it's definitely better than one of your dad's. The freshness that you add with the salads and the pickled onions, really delicious, really acidic, and perfect seasoning on that. I cannot believe how far you have come."
Grace Dent: "The thigh itself is cooked through, it's succulent. The sauce, beautifully buttery, beautifully creamy. That's how butter chicken is meant to be. And your mango raita is very good. The sweetness of the mango, the yogurt, all melding together beautifully. Well done."
Giorgio Locatelli: "And I'm going to eat my naan because I really like it."
Deliberation:
Grace Dent: "I loved Shakira's dish. It was fabulously on brief, but more than that, it just tasted wonderful."
Giorgio Locatelli: "I mean, that naan was like a pillow. The chicken was delicious. It was soft. It was beautiful. She's come a very long way from the person that came in and was throwing everything in the pot."
Grace Dent: "It was a whole new level of cooking."
Result: Through to the final three:
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