I have Titin to thank for discovering FabIndia's Burnt Chilly and Garlic salad dressing as a marinade. This is an interesting concoction with heat, an piquant Indian 'spicy-ness' along with a nice tangy from the coconut vinegar.
I had bought some chicken thighs to cook for people who I'd invited one weekend. All of them had microscopic appetites so I still had the thighs sitting around in the refrigerator since even the drum sticks had not been consumed.
Chicken thighs, I realised, are a better deal than drumsticks since you get a large slab of meat with a little bone to trap the juiciness (drumsticks have lesser meat per piece) or even boneless meat (which tends to be less juicy since it lacks a bone).
Such realisations alert kitties about meat emerging from the freezer, and soon I was ankle deep in swirling cats and kittens. Ignoring the yowls of half a dozen always hungry kittens I plopped the dressing on the thighs.
Then I pacified the hungry felines with some milk before settling down to read the newspaper while the marinade did nice things to the meat.
As hunger struck I whipped out my trusty non-stick pan...
... and added oil with generously and put it on the fire...
The oil warmed to the occasion and soon the chicken sputtered happily in the oil...
A quick turn browned the other side and voilà! I had chicken ready for lunch.
This is very easy to cook and difficult to go wrong with. The chicken cooks quickly and leaves the core nice and moist while the marinade tastes awesome as an enrobement.
I had bought some chicken thighs to cook for people who I'd invited one weekend. All of them had microscopic appetites so I still had the thighs sitting around in the refrigerator since even the drum sticks had not been consumed.
Chicken thighs, I realised, are a better deal than drumsticks since you get a large slab of meat with a little bone to trap the juiciness (drumsticks have lesser meat per piece) or even boneless meat (which tends to be less juicy since it lacks a bone).
Such realisations alert kitties about meat emerging from the freezer, and soon I was ankle deep in swirling cats and kittens. Ignoring the yowls of half a dozen always hungry kittens I plopped the dressing on the thighs.
Then I pacified the hungry felines with some milk before settling down to read the newspaper while the marinade did nice things to the meat.
As hunger struck I whipped out my trusty non-stick pan...
... and added oil with generously and put it on the fire...
The oil warmed to the occasion and soon the chicken sputtered happily in the oil...
A quick turn browned the other side and voilà! I had chicken ready for lunch.
This is very easy to cook and difficult to go wrong with. The chicken cooks quickly and leaves the core nice and moist while the marinade tastes awesome as an enrobement.
