Tag Archives: entree

Easy Butter-Chicken

Both my children are in their teens and for the past 5-6 years our house has been party-central!  One of those times when I had a house full of kids demanding Indian food, I made butter chicken for a group of 10-12 kids.  Fortunately I had enough frozen naans to feed this little army and all I needed to...
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Onion Flavored Roast Chicken

I love onions is any form – raw, fried, roasted or grilled.  My favorite are caramelized onions because through the process of caramelization, they get a depth of flavor that is not possible through any of the other cooking methods.  Since chicken by itself is quite bland, I thought up this recipe to use this enhanced onion flavor to...
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Grilled Whole Bronzini

My husband is a complete grilling-freak and so we tend to use our outdoor charcoal grill through even the worst of winters.  Sometimes, he has had to dig the grill out from under five feet of snow on the back patio in order to satisfy the family’s craving for a good grilled burger.  The only kind of weather that...
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Shish Taouk / Lebanese Chicken Skewers

This is a popular grilled chicken dish and regional versions of it exist in all Arab countries. My family was introduced to it while traveling in Egypt.  In the US, I have found it to be the standard fare at most Middle Eastern restaurants and if one is trying to eat healthy yet flavorful chicken, this is a great...
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Rosemary Lamb Kababs

Conventional wisdom says that lamb and rosemary are a match made in heaven, so I don’t mess with that but the Indian in me likes a bit more pizazz to my kababs, so I tinkered a little bit with the standard rosemary lamb combination – basically I added a couple more familiar flavors to it and the result is...
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