Grilled chicken

 This grilled chicken recipe is super delicious.

Do not want to grill...pan fry it with a bit of an oil and its equally delicious.

Serve it with Naan, Pita bread, rice, spaghetti..whatever you live...eat it on the side with a salad as the main dish. 

Grilled chicken (Chicken marinated with Indian spices)

Chicken grilled on stove top grill

Ingredients:

1. 1 lb chicken breast cut into bite sized pieces
2. 1 small/medium small onion ground to paste
3. 1 inch x 1 inch ginger peeled
4. 2-3 cloves of garlic
5. 1 tablespoon each of oil, fresh lemon juice or white vinegar
6. 1 teaspoon each of salt, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala
7. 1/2-3/4 teaspoon chilli powder

Grind the onions and ginger and garlic into paste. Mix all the ingredients together and marinate the chicken 30 minutes to 4 hours

Heat a pan or a grill. If you are grilling it, put the pieces of chicken on skewers and grill on a pan, else all the "masala" (onions and spices) will fall on the grill fire and make a mess.

If cooking in a pan, heat the pan and on high heat cook the chicken for 15-20 minutes until it becomes dry and light brown in color. Enjoy

Tandoori chicken

OThe Omni present dish in all the indian restaurants in America is the red chicken- tandoori chicken . Which on the way to America from India lost its spicyness but gained the color to fake the spice. Anyway, it is one of the favorite dishes of one and all and I finally got it at home

Tandoori chicken

Ingredients

1. 6 chicken thigh+drumstick bone in or 1 lb chicken breast cut into 1 inch pieces

2. 2/3 cup plain yogurt

3. 1/2 brown onion ground to paste

3. 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

4. 1/2 teaspoon each of red food color, salt, turmeric,

5.1 teaspoon coriander powder, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste

5. 1 tablespoon oil

Mix all the ingredients together and marinate the chicken for 12-24 hours. Or 30-60 minutes if you are in a hurry

Heat the oven to 425 degrees . Reduce heat to 400 degrees. Place the chicken on a grilling rack and bake for 30 minutes. Turn the chicken and bake for 30 more minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving with pilaf and onion rings and lemon 

I also have a stove top grill. So when I do not want to use the oven, especially for chicken breast pieces, I use the stove top grill. 

Lay the chicken pieces in a single layer and grill 3-5 minutes. Then flip and grill 2-4 minutes further. Cover and let stay on the grill for 1-2 minutes. Enjoy as an appetizer or a side dish

Mint grilled chicken with Pita Bread

Yesterday, I asked my li'l girl what she wants to have for dinner. She said "Woti"...i.e Roti, for some reason she can't pronounce "R" properly. So we went shopping to get her favourite Woti...the middle eastern bread which is found only in (atleast I found this oply at this place) Trader Joe's. But the store was out of those rotis so instead we got little Pita bread or the pocket bread. To go with it I made all the fixings for a mediterranean lunch
                 I made the most suculent and flavourful grilled chicken and the mediterranean salsa or salad but unfortunately I didn't have cucumber so I didn't add this very important ingredient to it. So here are the recipes. I hope you will enjoy them as much as my whole family did

Mint Grilled Chicken (Chicken marinated in mint and grilled)

Mint Grilled chicken

Ingredients:

1. 1 package or about 1-11/2 lb chicken thigh meat boneless skinless (or chicken breast , whatever you prefer)
2. 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
3. fresh Juice from 1/2 lemon
4. 1/2 teaspoon salt, fresh ground pepper
5. 1 tablespoon olive oil
6. 2 cloves of garlic

Grind the mint leaves along with garlic and all the other ingredients into fine paste. Wash and pat dry the chicken pieces and mix the marinade into chicken and set aside atleast an hour (I did it over night)
Heat an indoor or outdoor grill and grill the pieces till you have a nice brown crust and the chicken gets cooked through. Serve with pita bread, grilled onions, fet cheese and mediterranean salad

Mediterranean salad (Simple salad with fresh veggies)

Mediterranean salad

Ingredients:

1. 1 cucumber peeled and cubed
2. 1 medium small red onion chopped
3. 1 tomato chopped into the same size as cucumber and onion
4. Fresh juice from 1/2 lemon
5. 1/4-1/3 teaspoon salt
6. 1/4 teaspoon pepper
7. 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
8. 3-4 green onions chopped (optional)

Mix all the ingredients together and set aside for 15 minutes. Serve with chicken and pita

I served the above two with pita bread, grilled white and red onions and grilled green onions and lemon wedges. Delicious and healthy lunch/dinner

Pita bread with chicken