Indian Chicken

Week 8, Day 3

My eldest son and I love Indian food, while ironically, my real Indian husband does not! Weird, I know.

So one day, I convinced my son to request that his dad get Indian food for us for dinner, come on… the kid will surely have better luck than me! We got Tandori chicken and my son loved it so much that he always asks for “Indian Chicken”! I wanted to cook it for him, but I didn’t have the Tandori seasoning, so I used regular Patak’s Madras Curry and yogurt, which we now call “Indian Chicken”.

Ingredients:
Patak’s Madras Curry Paste

chicken leg & thighs
yogurt

Guidelines:

Add about 2 tbsp of curry paste to 10 chicken pieces
Add in 1/4 cup of yogurt, and mix well
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit in a glass baking dish until cooked

We served it with rice and steamed broccoli, it was quite yummy and one of the easiest ways to cook!

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Paprika Chicken & Fried Rice

Day 4, Week 5

Inspired by this

You know, I was starting to run out of ideas, so I had to resort to cooking sites. This meal was really simple and very, very tasty! I recommend you try either the official version or my version.

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken (cut into pieces)
paprika
cilantro

onions
garlic
curry

Guidelines:

In a saucepan, heat up a little oil and saute the chopped onions and crushed garlic
Season the chicken with a generous sprinkling of paprika, 1 tbsp of curry, and cilantro, salt, pepper to taste
Add the chicken into the pot and mix well

Cook chicken on medium heat, adding water when required, until the meat is cooked

Served with fried rice and fresh salad. The fried rice was made with carrots, broccoli, red peppers, cilantro… all chopped into tiny pieces and cooked in sesame oil. Kids LOVED the meal, and actually finished it!!!

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Three Mushroom Chicken

Day 2, Week 5

Actually, there are only 2 types of mushrooms, but calling it three mushroom chicken just makes it sound tastier! Am I right?

Ingredients:
whole chicken (cut in half)
white mushrooms
Portobello mushrooms
(you can add a third)
garlic plus
green onions
green seasoning

Guidelines:

Season the chicken with trini-style green seasoning, onions, green onions, garlic plus, salt and pepper to taste
Place chicken into a glass, baking dish, and spread the mushrooms over the all the chicken
Drizzle olive oil over top and cover with foil
Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 mins
Remove from oven, remove foil, turn over the chicken halves, drizzle soy sauce over it, put back into the oven until chicken is cooked

We served with steamed broccoli and carrots, baby spinach and cheddar-stuffed sweet potatoes. Kids did not enjoy the sweet potato, but I think it is because they are not fond of the texture… try serving with corn and steamed veggies for the kids.

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Wannabi Chinese noodles

Day 2, Week 4

UPDATE: I lied! It was Bok Choi/Pak Choi that I used, and not leek! :( sorry… I so totally thought it was leek!

Remember the yummy chick? Well, we had some leftover, so what I did was tear the meat into smaller pieces, added some noodles, and called it Chinese food!

Ingredients:
Boneless Chicken pieces (leftovers work great)
Noodles
Hoisin sauce

Sesame oil
Soy sauce
garlic
Bok Choi/Pak Choi

Guidelines:

In a medium sized saucepan, heat up a little olive oil and add in crushed garlic
Saut� the chopped bok choi, and add in the chicken

Add the Hoisin sauce (I think just a few dashes will do)
Add a few drops of sesame oil
Add in the noodles
Add enough water for the noodles to cook, and then drizzle soy sauce over it and mix well
Add salt and pepper to taste
Remove once the noodles are cooked

I think it would be great with broccoli, but I did not have any. It tasted surprisingly Chinese… especially since I have never used Hoisin sauce in my life before!

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A yummy chick!

Day 1, Week 4

So… this, my friends, is the best chicken ever! Like, ever! If you try just one of these dishes, try this one!

Ingredients:

Botanica Chicago Chicken seasoning (I cannot find it on the net, I got it from Costco) It is a new company in Montreal, Canada.
Actually… now I am sad, because I cannot find it on the net, and that is what made the chicken so good!! I did find this which may work…

ok, back to the other ingredients
garlic plus
lemon pepper seasoning
paprika
soy sauce
1 whole chicken, cut in half

Guidelines:
Place the 2 halves of chicken into a glass, baking dish

Season generously with the Chicago Chicken seasoning and paprika
Sprinkle the lemon pepper seasoning over the chicken
Add the soy sauce (to taste… it is salty), and drizzle olive oil over everything, and cover with foil
Put in a pre-heated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, for half hour
After half hour, take it out of the oven, turn over the chicken, sprinkle garlic plus over, drizzle some of the chicken juices over top, and put it back into the oven, without the foil, for another half hour or until cooked

Served with rice and beans.

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