Tag Archives: Chicken

Preserved Lemons and Chicken Tagine

Moroccan slow cooked Tagine stews remind me of the slow cooked curries I grew up eating in India.  Both cuisines use the same spices and so the tastes and aromas have a major overlap in both cultures.  I love this Lemon Chicken Tagine because it has the tartness from preserved lemons that is reminiscent of the Indian lemon pickles...
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Deli-style Chicken Salad Sandwich

This is standard fare in my household.  I almost always have boneless chicken breasts at home and so am able to hustle this up at short notice when my teenaged son and his friends are hungry.

Ingredients:

1.    One large boneless chicken breast 2.    4-5 carrots 3.    4-5 celery stalks 4.    ½ of a medium red onion 5.    One cup of light jarred...
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Indonesian Chicken Satay

Our family spent some time in Indonesia and during our stay there, both my children got addicted to the Indonesian style Chicken Satay.  They loved it so much that they both would order it at least once a day. In our six months there, we got to sample this dish in all its incarnations – at people’s homes, street...
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Grilled Tandoori Chicken to Die for!

This is a staple in my household – I use this for just a casual dinner with the family or when I have people over for dinner. It is always a hit with Indians and non-Indians because it is spicy (so it is good for the Indian palate) but not too spicy (and therefore works for those not too...
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My Roast Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

  1. Large Roasting Chicken (Perdue has good organic ones at any grocery store and they are usually very large and bred for roasting) – 5-6 lbs or so.
  2. Mesquite seasoning (you can buy McCormick brand at any grocery store or if there is a Costco close by, their Mesquite Sweet seasoning is great!)
  3. One large lemon.
  4. One large Springs of fresh Rosemary
  5. 2-3 fresh...
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