Roasted Indian Spiced Chicken Food

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

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 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.

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).

CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS WITH INDIAN SPICES

Steps:

• Marinade: In a glass baking dish or large freezer bag, combine all the marinade ingredients. Add the drumsticks and coat well. Cover the dish or seal the bag. Refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.
• Chicken: Preheat the grill, setting the burners to medium.
• Grill the drumsticks for about 20 minutes, turning halfway through, until the flesh pulls easily from the bone. Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve with Curried Coleslaw.

SPICY ROASTED EAST INDIAN-STYLE CHICKEN THIGHS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Put the chicken thighs in a bowl.
• Roughly chop the garlic, ginger and jalapeño and put them in a small food processor with the lemon juice and zest, the tomato paste, salt, cumin and coriander. Process to a paste.
• Use a pastry brush and rub the spice paste all over the chicken thighs.
• Place the thighs, skin side up, in a roasting pan that has been rubbed with a some olive oil.
• Roast in the oven for 45 minutes.
• Serve hot or at room temperature.