Spicy Chicken

Pets'R'us's Note:

I used to cook this in the oven before I had a crock-pot. For the oven: cook it in a covered dish for 1 1/2 to 2 hours at 300F or until the chicken is cooked and tender. Serve with rice and cooked or steamed vegetables. If you don't like to use the whole spices, substitute them with ground. The lemon and chilies are not authentic to this Jewish-Indian recipe.

• Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 3 lbs chicken thighs or 3 lbs chicken drumsticks
• 3 tablespoons oil (for frying)
• salt and pepper
• 1 large onion , cut up in half rings
• 2 cloves crushed garlic
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 whole cloves
• 6 cardamom pods
• 1 tablespoon garam masala or 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 grated lemon, zest of
• 1 -2 finely chopped green chilies (or more)
• 1 -1 ½ cup chicken or 1 -1 ½ cup vegetable stock
• chopped fresh parsley or coriander , to serve

Directions:

1. Season the chicken and fry in the oil until browned, remove from the pan.
2. Fry the onions until soft and then add the rest of the ingredients, except stock and parsley, and fry for another 2 minutes.
3. Mix with the chicken and put it all in the crock-pot.
4. Pour over the stock and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours, depending on your crockpot.

Reviews

[Chrissyo]

A delicious recipe Pets. I love spicy food and hot food. I found that this recipe has a wonderful well-balanced mixture flavours. What we really liked was that the flavours went right into the bones of the chicken bones. My family seat at the table sucking on the bones and then they went back for seconds. This is a lovely aromatic tasty meal and it is very easy to prepare. Thank you for posting it for us Zaarians and I hope that this recipes attracts a lot of 5 stars because it deserves it.

[PanNan]

I've never made Indian or Moroccan cuisine before and have been wanting to try some. This turned out to be the perfect recipe to try. It was easy, ingredients were easy to find here, and the taste was subtle and not overpowering. The aroma in the house was unbelievably wonderful during the two hours it was in the oven. The meat was fall off the bone tender. DH (who insists he will never eat anything with curry powder - He,he,he...)pronounced it a five star. Thanks for this delicious recipe.

[Lizzie-Babette]

Really delicious! My only "problem" with this recipe is that PetsRus does NOT mention that you MUST have bread for the lovely, full-of-flavor "sauce"! We were scrambling to find bread because there was no way we were going to waste it! I cooked this in the oven for 1 1/2 hours, and the meat really did fall off the bone. Next time (and there will be a next time), I'm going to try chicken breasts, because I think the cooking method will keep the white meat moist and succulent. The spice combination was wonderful, even though I had to use powdered cardamom (1 1/2 t) and cinnamon (1 t). Very easy to prep and prepare, and the end result was delicious. Great recipe that we can't wait to make for friends!