Fried Chicken Ala Maryland

Ingredients:-

3 chicken thigh (de boned and skinned off)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
salt and white pepper to taste

For coating

1 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
salt and pepper
oil for frying

Method:-

1. Clean and de boned chicken, remove all fat. Pat dry. Marinate chicken with lemon juice, honey, salt and white pepper for at least 1 hour or longer. Overnight marinating would give a better taste.
2. Mix the bread crumbs, parsley and Parmesan cheese. Put on a plate.
3. In a separate bowl, beat egg and mix with milk. Add salt and pepper. Dip the chicken into the egg mixture and coat with the bread crumb mixture.
4. Heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken.
5. Serve with chili sauce or tomato sauce or you can dribble lemon sauce on the chicken.

Chicken Curry

Ingredients:-

1. 1 kg chicken
2. 2 big onion (sliced thinly)
3. 2 tomatoes (chopped)
4. 5 garlic (grind together with ginger)
5. 15gm ginger
6. 3 tablespoon curry powder (I used Baba's meat curry powder)
7. 1 inch cinnamon stick
8. 5 cardamon
9. 1 star anise
10. 2 potatoes
11. 3 green chilli
12. salt to taste
13. 50 ml cooking oil
14. 100 ml coconut milk

Method:-

1. Heat oil and throw in the star anise, cardamom, cinnamon stick and the sliced onions. Fry till the onions become golden brown.
2. Put in the chopped tomatoes and cook till it becomes a nice paste.
3. Add in the garlic and ginger and fry till fragrant.
4. Put in the curry paste and continue frying till the oil oozes out. Add in a little water if it is too dry. Add in salt.
5. Add in chicken and cover for a little while.
6. Put in the potatoes and water and let it simmer.
7. Add in the coconut milk and simmer for a while.
8. Put in the green chilli and adjust the taste.

Note: If you like a creamy curry you may add coconut milk otherwise just give it a miss. If you like it more spicy, add 2 teaspoon chili powder in your curry paste.

Dry Chicken Curry

Ingredients:-

1. 500 gram chicken (clean and cut into bite pieces)
2. 100 gram onions (slice thinly)
3. 100 gram tomato (cut into cubes)
4. 1 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
5. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
6. 3 - 5 cardamon
7. 1 teaspoon aniseed
8. 1 dry chili (cut into small pieces)
9. a sprig of curry leaves
10. 30 ml oil
11. salt to taste


Method:-

1. Heat oil in a wok. Fry the onions together with the aniseed, cardamon, curry leaves and dry chili until fragrant and the onions turn golden brown.
2. Add chicken and salt, fry for a while.
3. Add chili powder and turmeric powder and mix well. Cover the wok and leave the chicken to cook stiring once in a while.
4. When the chicken is cook add in the chopped tomatoes, stir, cover and continue to cook until the sauce becomes thicken.
Serve with rice or chapati.

Grill Chicken with Herbs

Our dinner last nite. Grill chicken with herbs served with grilled carrots, potatoes and mixed bean salad and we had yesterday's leftover mushroom soup.

Grilled Chicken with Herbs (my own concoction)
6 chicken legs (remove skin and fat)
For marination:-
2 tablespoon olive oil
fresh coriander
fresh parsley
i use dried basil leaves and oregano
1 tablespoon soya sauce (I used Kikoman All-purpose soya sauce)
salt
pepper
1 teaspoon chicken curry powder (I used baba's)

1. Clean the chicken and wipe dry.
2. Put the coriander, parsley, basil leaves, oregano and olive oil into a blender and blend. Make a paste.
3. Pour everything in a bowl, add chicken, soya sauce, curry powder, salt and pepper. Mix well and leave to marinate. I only marinate them for 2 hours yesterday. I am sure it will taste better if you leave to marinate overnite.
4. Bake in a preheated oven temperature 380F until chicken is cook.

Bake Chicken Yogurt

Yesterday evening after dental appointment I went straight to Shibuya to go and look for my nephews soccer shoes......kebetulan someone from KL is here and going back this Sunday. Alhamdulillah....there was sale and got them for half price. To Irfan and Irham....ni dia kasut bola yang Anty Maklong dah beli.
Sampai je rumah, terus masuk dapur and prepare dinner. Bake Chicken Yogurt, Grill Capsicum and Zuchini, Mushroom Soup and Garlic Bread. Healthy and balance la tu...betul tak Mummy Da??


Ni dia recipe for Bake Chicken Yogurt

3 Breast chicken meat (cut into your favoured size)
3 tablespoon yogurt
2 teaspoon chopped thyme leaves
salt and pepper

mix everything and marinate overnite. Bake in a preheated oven 380F for 40 minutes or until chicken is cook.