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Indian-Spiced Braised Chicken

Posted by Michelle | Filed under Food, Recipes

This recipe is a favorite of Mark’s and mine that I got from the Every­day Foods magazine.

Indian-spiced Braised Chicken

Ingre­di­ents

• 1 1/2 lbs of bone­less, skin­less chicken thighs (I use white meat)
• 1 medium onion, halved and thinly sliced
• 1 can (14.5 oz) diced toma­toes drained
• 2 Table­spoons of tomato paste
• 1 Table­spoon grated ginger
• 2 minced gar­lic cloves
• 1/2 tea­spoon ground coriander
• 1/4 tea­spoon cayenne pepper
• course salt and ground pepper
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt (8 oz)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/2 tea­spoon garam masala (optional)
• cooked white rice for serving

Direc­tions

1. In a 5– to 6-quart slow cooker, stir together chicken, onion, toma­toes, tomato paste, gin­ger, gar­lic, corian­der and cayenne; sea­son with salt and pepper.
2. Cook on high 4 hours (or on low 8 hours) until fork-tender.
3. Stir in yogurt, cilantro, and if using, garam masala.
4. Serve with rice.

Alter­na­tive Oven Method

1. Pre­heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Fol­low step 1, using a 5-quart lid­ded heavy pot.
3. Stir in 2 cups of water.
4. Cover; bake until ten­der, about 2 hours.
5. Stir in yogurt, cilantro, and if using garam masala.

Notes

• Serves 4
• Prep time 15 minutes
• Total time is 4 hours and 15 minutes

This rated a 10 out of 10 with Mark. If you can’t take spici­ness then lessen the cayene pep­per. I will have more recipes appear at Ariesna at live jour­nal. Since I plan on more exper­i­ment­ing with new recipes. :)

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