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Sunday, 15 May 2022

Ga Roti Vietnamese Roasted Chicken

 Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon of five spice powder
  • 1 tablespoon of honey
  • 1 teaspoon of black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon of white pepper
  • 1 teaspoon of sesame oil
  • 1 teaspoon of minced garlic
  • 3 tbs diced green onions
  • 2 tbs cooking oil
  • Rice, tomatoes, cucumbers 
Dipping Sauce
  • Juice from roasted chicken
  • lime wedges
  • chili garlic sauce or thai red chilies
  • soy sauce
Directions:
  1. In a mixing bowl, combine soy sauce, five spice powder, honey, peppers, sesame oil and garlic along with the cornish hen and mix well. Cover and marinate the cornish hens preferably overnight, but a 3-4 hours will probably still do.
  2. Preheat oven for 350 degrees. Place in baking pan and bake hens in middle rack with skin facing up. In the meantime, heat the cooking oil and add the green onions and remove from heat and set aside.
  3. Bake for about a half an hour or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees or poke and juices run clear. The baking pan will contain the juices and marinade. DO NOT throw this out! Take the juices and add a little soy sauce, squeeze of some lime, and garlic chili sauce or Thai peppers for a great dipping sauce.
  4. For extra crispiness, you can quickly sear the skin on high heat in a heavy skillet right before serving. Serve with tomatoes, cucumber, and rice.

Sunday, 16 January 2022

Chicken Shashlik

 Ingredients:

  • 2 chicken breast cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 green bell pepper cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 red bell pepper cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 onion cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder + 1/2 tsp spicy red chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp Tandoori chicken masala or use garam masala
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp tomato sauce
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 5 skewers
Procedure:

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine the chicken with ginger garlic paste, chili powder, Tandoori chicken masala powder, salt to taste, lemon juice, soy sauce, tomato sauce and oil.
  2. Add onion and bell peppers to the bowl . Combine it with the marinade.
  3. Cover and keep it in the refrigerator. Marinate it for atleast an hour.
Making Chicken Shashlik
  1. Thread the onion, bell peppers and chicken on the skewers.
  2. Heat 2 tsp oil in a pan over medium heat. Add 1 tsp butter. Addition of butter is optional.
  3. Place the chicken skewers over it.
  4. Rotate the skewers so that they cook until slightly charred from all sides.
  5. Brush some oil/butter on it.
  6. Cover and cook for 2 minutes on low heat.
  7. Chicken Shashlik is ready to serve.
  8. Serve with onion slices and lemon wedges.