Best East Indian Chicken Recipes

EAST INDIAN CHICKEN CURRY

Steps:

• Brown chicen in a non-stick skillet, using a little vegetable oil or margarine. Remove to paper towels and drain. Discard oil or margarine, retaining any browned bits of the chicken.
• Heat the 2 TB margarine or oil in the same skillet. Add onions and garlic and saute until browned.
• Add bay leaves (crush them between your fingers first), cinnamon and cloves. Cook, covered, for 5 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients to skillet and stir frequently.
• Return the chicken to the skillet and spoon the spicy sauce over it. Cover tightly and cook over medium heat until tender.
• NOTE: I just use a 14.5-oz can of diced tomatoes, or a quart of whole home-canned tomatoes, drained.

EAST INDIAN CHICKEN WITH TOMATO, PEAS, AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, curry powder, and dry mustard in the hot oil until onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, garlic, garam masala, cumin, and salt; simmer over medium-low heat until tomatoes have broken down and ingredients have blended, about 40 minutes.
• Cook and stir chicken into tomato mixture until chicken is cooked and no longer pink in the center, 15 to 20 minutes. Add peas and cook for 1 more minute. Remove from heat. Sprinkle with cilantro.

EAST INDIAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook onion, pepper and garlic in oil until tender, about 3 minute.
• Add remaining ingredients, except rice, cook over low heat for 30 minute.
• Serve over rice.

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.

CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA: (EAST INDIAN CUISINE)

Steps:

• CHICKEN RECIPE: In a large bowl, combine yogurt, vegetable oil, lemon juice, 4 teaspoons of the ginger/garlic paste that you made in the blender, cumin, mace, nutmeg, cardamom, salt and pepper and mix well.
• Rub the chicken breasts thoroughly with this mixture and place in a glass baking dish, cover and refrigerate for 4 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Remove chicken breasts from marinade and discard remaining marinade.
• Place the chicken in a baking dish.
• Roast for 8 to 10 minutes, basting with vegetable oil and pan drippings at least twice.
• When the chicken is tender and cooked through and its juices run clear, remove from the oven and keep warm.
• Just before serving, slice the cooked chicken and place it in the simmering masala sauce for a few minutes, until heated through.
• Serve hot.
• MASALA SAUCE RECIPE: About half an hour before you finish marinating the chicken, start the masala sauce.
• Place tomatoes and green bell peppers in a saucepot.
• Add 2 cups water and bring to a boil.
• Boil for 20 minutes, or until the tomatoes are thoroughly cooked.
• While the tomatoes and peppers are cooking, cut the half inch piece of ginger into several smaller pieces and place in blender.
• Add garlic cloves and water and puree.
• When tomatoes and peppers are nearly done, reduce heat to medium, add 2 teaspoons of the ginger/garlic paste and cook for about 2 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low, stir in the garam masala and salt and cook 5 to 6 minutes, or until the liquid is the consistency of a thick puree.
• Remove pan from heat, strain and return sauce to the pot and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low, stir in butter, cream and honey and simmer gently until ready to add the chicken and serve.