Baked Chicken and Salad

Easy And Healthy Dinner Recipe

 Serve - 4

Ingredients:

For Chicken:

• 4 pieces of chicken wing
• 1 tbsp thyme
• 1 tsp basil 
• 1 tbsp parsley
• 1 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• Lemon juice of a 1/2 lemon
• Salt 

For the Salad

• 1 small butter lettuce
• 1 cucumber
• 2 tomatoes
• 1tbsp sesame oil.
• 1tbsp white vinegar
• 1 medium onion
• 1 tsp roasted sesame seeds( optional)

Method:

1. Marinate the chicken pieces with all the ingredients. Keep it aside for 15 min.
2. Prepare a baking pan. Cover it with an aluminum foil and spread some butter on it .
3. Place the Chicken on it.
4. Bake it at 250 degree centigrade.
5. After 20 min turn over the chicken  pieces.
6. Apply some  butter on the chicken.
7. Bake for another 20 min.

Salad:

Cut the lettuce in small pieces . Slice the onion, tomatoes and cucumber. Put all this in a bowl and add some ice chunks in it. keep it in the freeze. When chicken is done take out the bowl from the freeze and extract all the extra water and ice chunks. Mix with oil and vinegar. Add sesame seeds and some salt to taste.

Serve with the chicken.

Note: It can be served with roasted cauliflower florets 

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BAKED DRIED ROSEMARY CHICKEN

A very healthy Dinner recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 wing chicken pieces 
• 2tbp dried rosemary
• 1tsp parsley
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• salt to taste
• 1 tbs lemon juice freshly squished
• 1 tbs oil

Methods:

1. Marinate the the chicken with all the ingredients except oil for 1/2 hour.
2. Pre heat the oven at 250 degree Centigrade .
3. Cover the baking tray with  aluminum foil and spread the oil in it. 
4. Place the chicken pieces on it and sprinkle oil on the chicken.
5. Bake for 20 min.
6. Turn over the chicken and prick it with a fork.
7. Again bake for 20 min .
8. Serve with slices of cucumber and tomatoes. 

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Chicken with onion chunk

Chicken with onion chunk

One lazy afternoon was sitting in the balcony thinking what to prepare for dinner. There ware not enough vegetables in my refrigerator. So decided to make chicken .  I  had only two medium potatoes and lots of onion. At last I prepared the chicken with some chunks of onion and my family loved it.

Here is the recipe :

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg chicken- cleaned and washed
• 2+1 medium onion ( Indian size)
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp ginger and garlic paste
• 2tbsp oil
• salt to taste

Method:

• Finely chopped two onion and cut one onion into chunk.
• Put a heavy based pan on high flame.

• Put the oil and let it be smoking hot.
• Reduced the heat.
• Add the chopped onion and fry it till golden brown at medium flame.
• Then add the ginger and garlic paste and fry it for at least 2 min.
• Now Add the chicken and fry at high flame to remove the water.
• Put the red chilli powder and turmeric powder. Mix it well and cover it . Reduce the heat.
• Stir it and add salt.
• When it is half cooked add the onion chunk and stir and cover it again.
• When it's almost cooked remove the lid and fry it in high flame stirring frequently.
• And served with steamed rice or Roti/ Phulka.

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