Its been a while since i last wrote. Extremely busy, kids school coming to an end, friends having way too many parties, kids graduating, husbands graduating, birthdays, akikas, community events and for no reason lunch days. Talk about stay at home mom no longer being called that. How about stay in van mom that's more like it. My family has been complaining that i make way too much desi foods and everything is super spicy and so decided that may be i should make some good bbq chicken.So Isra says: "mama no please you always put too much spices and it gets all dry and sometimes we have the chicken at other peoples homes and its red and spicy. Can you please not make it please". Sheesh talk about trauma. So, i had to conjure up something, i went on the Internet and did a little research. All i found was vinegar, chicken seasoning and garlic. Or vinegar and tandoori masala, or chicken tikka masala or chiken bhun masala (what the heck is that)?
So, basically even when i went to those independent blog spaces i read you need vinegar and some sort of spice mix. Why is that i wonder. I am totally against spice mixes i just cant get myself to get them, i have tried and tested them but they are too salty or too "flavorful" cant describe it like eating a bag of flavored chips. I dont know so yeah i decided to experiment. Common ingredient being vinegar ( must be to tenderize the meat) salt,garlic, (one cannot conjure up a concoction without it). No chili but maybe a little bit black pepper....
10 pieces of chicken (legs, thighs, breast pieces)
1 cup of vinegar
1/2 cup of oil
2 tsp salt (or more to taste)
1 tsp of turmeric
2 tsp of black pepper powder
1 tsp cardamon powder
3 tsp of garam masala -
(1 cinnamon stick, 1 tsp of cumin seeds, 1 tsp corriander seeds,1/4 tsp black cumin, 1 tsp of black pepper, a few cardamom pods 5-6, cloves 3-4: roast them on a hot pan and grind them in a coffee grinder)
1/4 cup of dried mint
4 tsp of garlic powder
(i know the rule is not too many spices but please no spices no flavor and besides most of the ingredients burn off into the bbq anyways)
marinade the chicken for at least an hour or preferably overnight)
brush the grill with oil than place the pieces on the grill turning it only when its half way done so you get the cool grill marks on the chicken ;)
Remove the chicken when it is done. The chicken has to be juicy and not dry.
Here is the chicken and the spices i threw on and yes that is a knife, its a very real family practice of ours that instead of scoring each individual piece of chicken, we violently stab all the pieces at once several times. Its strangely therapeutic. Ive seen my sister in law do it and she scares me sometimes (lol). However she does make the best bbq chicken marinade might i add.
Here it is all mixed up
So, sorry i couldnt take the picture of the finished product, it was mercilessly devoured by my family.
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So, basically even when i went to those independent blog spaces i read you need vinegar and some sort of spice mix. Why is that i wonder. I am totally against spice mixes i just cant get myself to get them, i have tried and tested them but they are too salty or too "flavorful" cant describe it like eating a bag of flavored chips. I dont know so yeah i decided to experiment. Common ingredient being vinegar ( must be to tenderize the meat) salt,garlic, (one cannot conjure up a concoction without it). No chili but maybe a little bit black pepper....
10 pieces of chicken (legs, thighs, breast pieces)
1 cup of vinegar
1/2 cup of oil
2 tsp salt (or more to taste)
1 tsp of turmeric
2 tsp of black pepper powder
1 tsp cardamon powder
3 tsp of garam masala -
(1 cinnamon stick, 1 tsp of cumin seeds, 1 tsp corriander seeds,1/4 tsp black cumin, 1 tsp of black pepper, a few cardamom pods 5-6, cloves 3-4: roast them on a hot pan and grind them in a coffee grinder)
1/4 cup of dried mint
4 tsp of garlic powder
(i know the rule is not too many spices but please no spices no flavor and besides most of the ingredients burn off into the bbq anyways)
marinade the chicken for at least an hour or preferably overnight)
brush the grill with oil than place the pieces on the grill turning it only when its half way done so you get the cool grill marks on the chicken ;)
Remove the chicken when it is done. The chicken has to be juicy and not dry.
Here is the chicken and the spices i threw on and yes that is a knife, its a very real family practice of ours that instead of scoring each individual piece of chicken, we violently stab all the pieces at once several times. Its strangely therapeutic. Ive seen my sister in law do it and she scares me sometimes (lol). However she does make the best bbq chicken marinade might i add.
Here it is all mixed up
So, sorry i couldnt take the picture of the finished product, it was mercilessly devoured by my family.
Options
- You can eat with potatoes, by itself, rice whatever. Tonight i just removed the chicken off the bone than i added some good BBQ sauce and some mayonnaise. Mixed it up and put in a hamburger bun.
- You can also add sumac on it before serving
- Brush it with some good BBQ sauce before removing it from the grill
- Make BBQ pizza by getting some good pizza bread spread some BBQ sauce add chicken and some good cheese melt it and eat it. (maybe add mushrooms, bell pepper onions go crazy its your pizza)
- Get some romaine lettuce chop it fine, add some grilled corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, chopped red onions and BBQ chicken with BBQ sauce. Than dress it with good ranch dressing. BBQ chicken salad!!!
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