Super Easy Indian Chicken

I experimented with this last week, and dh liked it. Usually experiment + Indian food = disaster ... but this one was good.

Crockpot Chicken Tikka Masala

1 whole roaster
lemon juice (1 T or so)
1 T cumin
2 t cinnamon
1 T (or more) cayenne pepper
ground black pepper - to taste
fresh ginger - lots
1 T salt
2 T butter
2 - 3 cloves garlic minced
1 - 2 (or more) chopped jalapeno peppers
1 can diced tomatoes w/spicy peppers (like rotel)
1 can tomato sauce

throw in and cook all day on low. before serving add 1/2 and 1/2 to sauce and top with fresh cilantro. serve with rice.

i made this up, so all measurments are approximate (sorry). dh really liked it. you can add more pepper towards the end if you like it spicier.

[KCwife]

That sounds really good. How much half and half did you use?

around a cup. it just depends on how creamy you want it. the original chicken tikka recipe i've used actually calls for heavy cream - but i wasn't willing to go that route.

[Meenah]

This sounds very good, I'll try it.

[ellie]

Mmmm...my kitchen smells really good right now. Can't wait to try it!

Now if I can persuade DH to pick up some naan on his way home...

ooooh! i hope you like it!

[ellie]

Yum, this recipe was delicious, Jenn! DH and DD both liked it A LOT. It was so easy and quick, too. My roommate from college has tried to show me how to make some favorite Gujdrati dishes, but they're usually so time consuming and involve so many ingredients (she has this HUGE spice collection in lots of little silver tins). Would you happen to know quick and easy way to make a yogurt curry?

Thanks again for sharing -- definitely a keeper!!

I have the same tins - bought by MIL when DH and I moved in together. I think she figured even if her son had to live with the white gold digger, he would eat well. I referred to it as the "wheel of death" for several years -- only started learning to cook Indian over the past few years.

I'm glad you liked the chicken!

I do not have a recipe for yogurt curry -- but will get one for you from MIL.

What do you do with the ginger? Grate it or slice it and throw in chunks of it?

Is it super spicy? I'm thinking for my kids. Sometimes all that spice will mellow and sometimes not.

Sorry for all the questions...

i use fresh (actually frozen) ginger and grate it with the microplane. it's not super-spicy. i think cooking it for so long kind of mellows the spice out. when i make it again i'll add some fresh peppers close to the end of cooking.

be warned - it is ugly. my kids wouldn't have touched it with a 10 foot pole. indian food is NOT pretty.

[DCJenn]

OK, now I'm salivating for Indian food.

Unfortunately, my crock pot is somewhere in the depths of the storage unit and the budget currently precludes eating out.

UGH.

this is going to be a craving that isn't going to go away either, I don't think!

India Palace, India Palace, India Palace, oh how I miss you...

Jenn

[Stella]

SO has been talking about taking me to an Indian restaurant since we started dating (yeah, check the ticker, it's been a while!) but we've never gone for one reason or another.

So I've never had Indian food.....

I'm making this tomorrow night. I had to call Jenn from the grocery store today because I couldn't remember if it was a whole chicken.

I've got naan bread and stuff for raita and I'm ready for Indian food!

[alison]

I'm going to make this. I've been following this thread and I'm going to DO IT. It sounds delicious! Jenn, can you think of any other veggies to put in it? Would it be possible?

Nellie, tell us how yours turned out!

you could throw some garbanzos and some sweet peas in, or some potatoes. i've not had good luck with eggplant (but my MIL cooks several dishes w/eggplant). I suppose you could add spinach, but I've not cooked much with spinach. Those are mostly southern dishes. My dh is Gujarati, which is pretty much in the middle of the country, but considered northern.