Further experiments in cooking and franken-tea
Had my Dr. Who Night crew over on Sunday. There was a request for low-fat (or maybe calorie?) cooking... just this once ~grin~, and after a brief consultation as to what that could possibly mean, I embarked on the following:
Recipe for Experimental Garam Masala Chicken
1 T.(ish) hand-mixed garam masala spices
1 tsp (ish) kosher flake salt
2.5 lbs (ish) chicken, seperated into white and dark meat.
3 (ish) lemons
For the chicken breasts:
1. Cut in breasts in half, so that they are roughly similar in size to the chicken thigh chunks.
2. Remove any visible fat. (I didn't remove the fat from the thighs, because I figured as long as there was enough un-fat-encumbered chicken for the low-fat requestee, then I was good.)
Mix the salt and garam masala together, and then rub it all over the chicken.
Put the breasts in one casserole dish, and the thighs in another (so the thigh fat doesn't menace the breasts). Cover and refridgerate for a couple of hours. (I'd say minimum 1?)
Just before baking, preheat the oven to 375(ish) F.
Juice the lemons (straining out the seeds and pulpy bits).
Pour the lemon juice around and a little bit on the chicken.
Bake for 45min. (Check after 35, so you can avoid over cooking the breasts.)
Chicken should be at 165F with a meat thermometer.
Made enough for 5, with a little left over. Served with salad and bruschetta.
This dish had a nice tart (because of the lemon) flavor in addition to the Indian spice thing. And the house smelled really good while it was cooking. Leftovers went cold on a hunk of baguette for my lunch today, and were quite satisfying.
I also made a new variation of Iced Tea.
My sister bought me some Rose tea last November. bitmonger is skeptical of roses in tea, and so I kept forgetting to use it. I tried it out with something like 1.5 T of unknown black tea, and half a T of the rose tea for a 2 L iced tea container. The rose flavor was really pronounced, which I wasn't certain is quite right, but there's no bitter aftertaste (well, more than usual), so I don't have to worry about that. I'd probably knock the amount of Rose tea down to a tsp next time.
Even so: It tastes great with the lemony garam masala chicken leftovers. Really melds with the flavors just right. Something to think about.
Recipe for Experimental Garam Masala Chicken
1 T.(ish) hand-mixed garam masala spices
1 tsp (ish) kosher flake salt
2.5 lbs (ish) chicken, seperated into white and dark meat.
3 (ish) lemons
For the chicken breasts:
1. Cut in breasts in half, so that they are roughly similar in size to the chicken thigh chunks.
2. Remove any visible fat. (I didn't remove the fat from the thighs, because I figured as long as there was enough un-fat-encumbered chicken for the low-fat requestee, then I was good.)
Mix the salt and garam masala together, and then rub it all over the chicken.
Put the breasts in one casserole dish, and the thighs in another (so the thigh fat doesn't menace the breasts). Cover and refridgerate for a couple of hours. (I'd say minimum 1?)
Just before baking, preheat the oven to 375(ish) F.
Juice the lemons (straining out the seeds and pulpy bits).
Pour the lemon juice around and a little bit on the chicken.
Bake for 45min. (Check after 35, so you can avoid over cooking the breasts.)
Chicken should be at 165F with a meat thermometer.
Made enough for 5, with a little left over. Served with salad and bruschetta.
This dish had a nice tart (because of the lemon) flavor in addition to the Indian spice thing. And the house smelled really good while it was cooking. Leftovers went cold on a hunk of baguette for my lunch today, and were quite satisfying.
I also made a new variation of Iced Tea.
My sister bought me some Rose tea last November. bitmonger is skeptical of roses in tea, and so I kept forgetting to use it. I tried it out with something like 1.5 T of unknown black tea, and half a T of the rose tea for a 2 L iced tea container. The rose flavor was really pronounced, which I wasn't certain is quite right, but there's no bitter aftertaste (well, more than usual), so I don't have to worry about that. I'd probably knock the amount of Rose tea down to a tsp next time.
Even so: It tastes great with the lemony garam masala chicken leftovers. Really melds with the flavors just right. Something to think about.