Indian Spiced Chicken Food

INDIAN-SPICED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over high heat. Add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper and add to hot pan. Brown on both sides. Cook in batches if needed.
• Remove chicken from pan and add onion, garlic, and ginger. Cut a slit into the chile lengthwise and add to pan. Saute the onion mixture until softened, about 3-5 minutes. Add spices and cook for 30 seconds.
• Add tomatoes and 1/2 cup water and stir. Add chicken back to pan and bring up to a simmer. Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through and sauce is thickened, about 30 minutes. Turn chicken occasionally throughout cooking.
• When ready to serve, uncover and stir in cream. Simmer for 1 minute and serve.

INDIAN SPICED CHICKEN

Steps:

• In small bowl, stir together oil and garlic. Stir in water, paprika, ginger, coriander, cumin, nutmeg, turmeric and cayenne pepper.
• Spoon 1 tbsp (15 mL) into another small bowl; stir in lemon juice and set aside. Arrange chicken in single layer in shallow glass dish; brush with remaining spice mixture. Cover and refrigerate chicken for 1 hour.
• (Chicken can be prepared to this point and refrigerated for up to 24 hours; let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.) Place chicken, flesh side down, on greased grill over medium-high heat; close lid and cook for 5 minutes.
• Turn and brush flesh with reserved lemon mixture. Close lid and cook, turning often, for about 12 minutes longer or until chicken is no longer pink inside and juices run clear when chicken is pierced.
• Serve with lemon wedges.

INDIAN-SPICED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut the chicken breasts roughly into 2 by 2-inch pieces. Mix together the yogurt, garlic, ginger, cardamom, curry powder, chili flakes, coriander, paprika, honey, salt, and pepper until thoroughly combined. Add chicken pieces to yogurt mixture, cover, and refrigerate at least 1 hour or as long as overnight. Bring to room temperature before cooking.
• In a large skillet, heat the vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent. Stir in tomato paste until evenly distributed and then add the half-and-half. Slide in the chicken and marinade, stir well, and bring mixture to a simmer. Reduce the heat so that the liquid remains at a low simmer. Cook about 15 minutes until chicken is no longer pink in the middle but still tender and moist. Serve immediately over basmati rice.

INDIAN SPICED CHICKEN SKILLET

Steps:

• Remove fat from chicken; make 3 or 4 long slits in each piece to allow marinade to penetrate.
• Mix together yogurt, 1/4 cup chopped mint or cilantro, ginger, coriander, cayenne, salt and sugar. Set aside half the mixture. Add chicken to the remaining yogurt mixture; marinate 10 minutes, turning once.
• Melt butter over medium-high heat in a nonstick skillet just large enough to hold the chicken. Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade. Add onion, garlic and chicken to skillet. Brown chicken 3 minutes. Turn and brown 2 minutes. Lower heat to medium.
• Spoon reserved yogurt mixture over the chicken. Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until cooked through. Sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons chopped mint. Serve with jasmine rice.

INDIAN SPICE BOX CHICKEN

Steps:

• Make the Chilli-ginger garnish (see right), before you start the chicken.
• Cut down the length of the green chillies, then remove the seeds by scraping them out with a teaspoon. You may want to wear rubber gloves for this job - fiery seeds can give the fingers a real chilli sting. Cut off the stalk ends, chop the chillies into rough pieces and put them in a blender or food processor. Peel and roughly chop the garlic and add to the chillies. Do the same with the ginger.
• Pick the leaves off the coriander and drop them into the blender as you go (reserve the stems for the garnish). Tip in the yogurt and blitz everything to a puree. This can take a few minutes and you may have to stop the blender a few times to scrape all the gunge down from the sides - a rubber spatula will make this job much easier.
• Peel, halve and thinly slice the onions. Pull the skin off the chicken, using kitchen paper to help you get a good grip. Heat the oil in a saute pan over a medium heat until hot - when you drop in a spice seed or two it should sizzle. Toss in the fennel and cumin seeds and let them crackle and pop for 10-20 seconds, stirring all the time so they don't burn. They're ready when you get a lovely whiff of warm nuts. If the oil starts to smoke, remove pan from the heat.
• Plop in the butter and let it melt, then throw in the sliced onions and turn the heat down a tad. Stir to mix the onions and spice seeds, then cook for about 10 minutes until the onions are meltingly soft and tinged golden brown. Give them a vigorous stir now and then, but don't stir them too often or they won't take on any colour.
• Push the onions to one side of the pan, then add the chicken thighs, smooth side down. Increase the heat to between medium and high and fry the chicken until it's golden brown on both sides. This should take about 15-20 minutes and you will need to turn the pieces over halfway (a pair of tongs are good for this). Watch carefully in case the onions start to brown too much - if they do, pile them up on top of the chicken.
• Stir in some of the yogurt mixture and cook until it disappears - repeat a dollop at a time. Whizz 150ml/¼ pint cold water in the blender to use the last bits of the mixture and add to the pan with a pinch of salt. Stir until bubbling, scraping up any crispy bits. Reduce the heat to its lowest and cover the pan tightly. Simmer for 30-35 minutes or until the chicken is tender when pierced, stirring and turning halfway and adding a splash of hot water if the sauce is too dry. Serve sprinkled with finely chopped coriander stems and a little chilli garnish (put the rest in a bowl on the table).

ROASTED INDIAN-SPICED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Line cookie sheet with foil. In shallow dish, mix cumin, coriander, salt, fennel, thyme, cinnamon and pepper.
• Rub gingerroot on chicken, then coat chicken with spice mixture.
• Spray 10-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat. Add chicken; cook 2 to 3 minutes, turning once, until browned. Place chicken on cookie sheet.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F).
• Serve chicken with chutney (snip any large pieces of chutney with kitchen scissors).

INDIAN SPICED CHICKEN & SPINACH

Steps:

• In a large frying pan, heat the oil over moderately low heat. Add the onion and cook until starting to soften, about 3 minutes.
• Add the garlic and ginger and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes longer.
• Stir in the cumin, coriander, turmeric, paprika, and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Cook until the spices are fragrant, about 1 minute, and then stir in the tomatoes.
• Add the cream, cinnamon stick, and water.
• Squeeze the spinach to remove excess liquid and add the spinach to the pan. Bring to a simmer. Cover the pan, reduce the heat, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Stir in the chicken and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, cover, and simmer the stew until just done, about 10 minutes.
• Remove the cinnamon stick before serving.

INDIAN-SPICED ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix yogurt, garlic, ginger, lemon juice, honey, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, cayenne, olive oil, salt, and pepper together in a glass or ceramic bowl. Slather it on the chicken, making sure it gets underneath the skin and into the cavity. Cover the bowl or wrap in plastic wrap.
• Marinate the chicken in a refrigerator for at least 4 hours, or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake chicken in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 1 hour and 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove from the oven, cover with a doubled sheet of aluminum foil, and allow to rest in a warm area for 10 minutes before slicing.

SPICY INDIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine cumin seeds, paprika, cayenne pepper, turmeric, pepper, salt, garlic and lemon juice and mix into a paste.
• Rub chicken pieces with the paste until well coated and allow to stand, covered with plastic wrap, for three hours or longer.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange the chicken pieces in a baking pan, brush with the oil and bake 20 minutes. Turn the pieces over and bake 20 to 25 minutes more, basting occasionally.
• Remove chicken pieces to a warm serving platter. Add water, if necessary, to the baking pan and stir over a high heat until the sauce is somewhat reduced. Pour sauce over chicken and serve with rice pilaf.

INDIAN-SPICED CHICKEN WITH BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add ginger and garlic. Stir for 30 seconds.
• Add all the bell peppers and onion and saute until golden, about 5 minutes.
• Add chicken and all the spices to skillet and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Saute until chicken is cooked through, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a bowl.
• Sprinkle with green onions. Garnish with lemon slices. Serve immediately.

SPICY BAKED CHICKEN (FROM INDIA) -- MASALEDAR MURGHI

Steps:

• Combine cumin, paprika, cayenne, turmeric, black pepper, salt, garlic, and lemon juice in a bowl and mix.
• Rub this mixture over the chicken pieces, including into flaps and along leg bones.
• Place the pieces in a shallow baking dish, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside (I refrigerate) for at least 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400F (200C) and brush the tops of the chicken pieces with oil.
• Bake 20 minutes.
• Turn the pieces over and bake another 25 minutes or until tender.
• Baste the chicken with drippings 3 or 4 times.
• If there is sauce remaining after baking (I say "if" because I've never done this part!), pour it into a small pot and boil until somewhat reduced.
• Arrange chicken on a platter and pour the reduced sauce over them.