Fragrant Chicken Food

FRAGRANT CHICKEN CURRY WITH CHICK PEAS

Steps:

• Tip the onions, garlic, ginger, ground spices, chilli and half the coriander into a food processor. Add 1 teaspoon salt and blend to a purée. Tip the mixture into a medium saucepan and cook over a low heat for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Crumble in the stock cube, add the boiling water and return to the boil. Add the chicken, stir, then lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes until the chicken is tender.
• Chop the remaining coriander, reserve 2 tablespoons, then stir the remainder into the curry with the chickpeas. Heat through and divide between four bowls. Sprinkle with the reserved coriander and spoon over the yogurt, then serve with basmati rice, naan bread or poppadums.

FRAGRANT CHICKEN

Steps:

• Coarsely process the 1st nine ingredients (onion through salt) with 2 Tbsp water in a blender or food processor.
• In a 12-inch skillet or sauté pan, saute sliced onion in oil over medium high heat until onion turns golden.
• Reduce heat to medium-low, add processed onion-seasonings mixture to pan and saute about 4 minutes, stirring constantly, scraping pan often to prevent from sticking and burning.
• Add chicken to pan, tossing to coat thoroughly, then add tomatoes, peas and 1/3 cup water.
• Increase heat to medium, cover pan, and let simmer 25 min; uncover and continue to cook until sauce is thickened and chicken is very tender.
• Fold in raisins and continue to cook just long enough to heat through.
• Spread a bed of rice on each of 4 plates or shallow bowls, pile chicken and sauce over rice, then spoon yogurt over the top.

FRAGRANT CHICKEN (MARTIN YAN)

Steps:

• Make the marinade-combine all marinade ingredients in a bowl; mix well.
• Add in the chicken; stir to coat; let stand 10 minutes.
• Make the sauce-combine all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl; mix well; set aside.
• Add oil to a small saucepan and place over high heat.
• When the surface of the oil begins to shimmer, add the garlic and shallots; cook/stir until golden brown, about 1 minute.
• Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels; remove oil from heat.
• Place a stir-fry pan over high heat until hot; add 1 tablespoon garlic-shallot oil, swirling to coat the sides.
• Add in the chicken; stir-fry until no longer pink, 3-4 minutes; add the browned shallots and garlic and the sauce; bring to a boil.
• Add in the cornstarch solution and cook/stir, until the sauce boils and thickens, about 45 seconds.
• Transfer to a serving plate.

FRAGRANT CHICKEN SOUP WITH CHICKPEAS AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large soup pot over high heat. Add onion and salt and sautéuntil limp, about 3 minutes. Add all spices and sauté until they release their fragrance, about 2 minutes. Add tomato paste and sauté for another minute, until darkened but not burned. (If tomato paste looks too dark too quickly, lower heat.).
• Add celery, turnip and sweet potato and continue to sauté until celery starts to soften, about 10 minutes.
• Return heat to high (if you lowered it), and add broth to pot. Bring to a simmer, then add chicken. Partially cover pot, lower heat to medium low and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add chickpeas and cilantro to pot and continue simmering until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes longer. Stir in the lemon juice and more salt if desired.
• Garnish with chopped cilantro and lemon wedge and serve.

FRAGRANT CHICKEN AND RICE NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse the chicken, place in a large pot with enough cold water to cover and bring to the boil, skimming.
• Add the onions, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, star anise, sugar and salt. Simmer for 30 minutes, remove chicken, carve off breasts, and set aside. Return the chicken to the broth and simmer for a further 30 minutes.
• Strain the broth and finely slice the chicken breast and leg meat. Gently reheat the broth with the fish sauce, and 2 tbsp fried shallots.
• Cover the noodles with hot water, gently separate using chopsticks, and drain.
• Divide the noodles between four deep, warmed soup bowls.
• Arrange the chicken meat on top; ladle the hot broth into each bowl, and scatter with remaining fried shallots, spring onions, bean shoots, chilli, mint, basil and coriander. Guests squeeze lime wedges into broth to taste.

FRAGRANT CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Mix spices in small bowl.
• Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and saute until golden.
• Add garlic, saute about 30 seconds.
• Add spices, toast until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add chicken, stir until completely coated with spices.
• Add coconut milk, tomatoes and broth. Bring to a simmer and cook uncovered until flavors blend and stew is thickened, about 20 minutes or so.
• Remove from heat.
• Serve with basmati rice. I added a chopped apple.

FRAGRANT ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put ½ a lemon and ½ a garlic head into the chicken's cavity, then put into a roasting tray. Mix butter, garlic and half the spices and spread over chicken breast and legs. Season well. Can be prepared up to a day ahead and kept covered in the fridge. Put the remaining garlic into the tray and roast chicken for 1 hr. Mix remaining spices into yogurt and season.
• Remove chicken from oven and smother with yogurt. Spoon some of the juices over, add the remaining lemon to the tray, then roast for 15 mins or until the yogurt is golden and set and the juices run clear. Lift chicken onto a board, cover and rest for 10 mins before carving. Serve hot or cold.

FRAGRANT CHICKEN, CORIANDER & COCONUT CURRY

Steps:

• Whizz together the coconut milk and coriander (leaves and stalks) in a food processor, then tip out and set aside. Quickly wipe out the machine, add the garlic, ginger and chillies, then whizz with enough water to make a paste.
• Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan. Brown the chicken well on all sides, then remove. Add the onion, cloves and cinnamon and fry until lightly coloured. Add the chilli paste to the pan, then cook until most of the liquid has evaporated.
• Return the chicken, then stir in the powdered spices and coconut paste. Bring to a boil, cover the pan, then cook for 40-50 mins, removing the lid halfway through cooking so the sauce can thicken. Check the chicken is cooked, stir in the tamarind paste, season to taste, then add a splash of water if the sauce has thickened too much.
• Whizz together the coconut milk and coriander (leaves and stalks) in a food processor, then tip out and set aside. Quickly wipe out the machine, add the garlic, ginger and chillies, then whizz with enough water to make a paste.
• Heat the oil in a large non-stick pan. Brown the chicken well on all sides, then remove. Add the onion, cloves and cinnamon and fry until lightly coloured. Add the chilli paste to the pan, then cook until most of the liquid has evaporated.
• Return the chicken, then stir in the powdered spices and coconut paste. Bring to a boil, cover the pan, then cook for 40-50 mins, removing the lid halfway through cooking so the sauce can thicken. Check the chicken is cooked, stir in the tamarind paste, season to taste, then add a splash of water if the sauce has thickened too much.