Category Archives: Chicken

Chicken Korma

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Here’s something brand spankin’ new. I’ve had Korma at restaurants and parties, and never before had the inclination to try making it. This recipe is from one of my mother’s cookbooks which was not written in English. I did my best with the translation and tried my hardest to follow the directions. I have some issues with the way this Korma is made. The recipe incorporates two methods I absolutely hate: frying onions beforehand & adding yogurt as a thickener. I’ll gripe about it at the end of the post.

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Spicy Thai Roast Chicken

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For Sunday dinner I wanted to do something different. I hardly ever do chicken because I’m too impatient to marinate it. I had some free time the night before and decided to whip up this marinade and give it a try. The chicken comes out moist. The marinade allow the flavors to be more than skin deep. Overall it had a nice tangy flavor leaving you with a pleasant buzz of heat at the tip of your tongue. Read the rest of this entry

Chipotle Grilled Chicken Tacos

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Hummingbirds! Our overflowing flower pots have attracted hummingbirds. After four days of the intense heat wave, I went outside in the evening to enjoy the cool breeze. I tried to do some reading until I heard a soft buzzing, and this creature landed on my arm. I first thought it was a dragonfly, but then I noticed the long beak. There were four of them feeding on the flowers, but they wouldn’t hold still long enough for a group picture. Ah, well.

So I noticed that I haven’t posted any chicken recipes. When I first started grilling, I made mostly chicken and burgers. It quickly became bland and I stopped doing chicken and focused instead on veggies and red meat. Read the rest of this entry