The Best Chicken Ever?
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pantryslutSome of you who have known me for a while may have heard me raving about the Armenian cafeteria-style chicken I ate while down in Los Angeles -- the stuff that came with an intense garlic sauce, and is hands down the best food I've ever eaten from a chain store. I can't remember the name of tha chain, but rest assured I wrote it down.
The chicken I made tonight may just top that chicken. Didn't think it was possible, but this stuff was delicious.
And you will all be glad to hear that it is super-easy, too. (But not kosher. Sorry.)
More or less as Claudia Roden directs in The New Book Of Middle Eastern Food (her suggestion has no measurements, so neither do I):
Marinate chicken pieces (I just used thighs) in a marinade of yogurt, crushed garlic, paprika (for a pretty color), salt and pepper, and, if you have it, a little crushed mint. Marinate "for as long as possible" (I did it for a day, but that was by accident; I intended to eat this yesterday). Broil or grill. Eat.
The yogurt, as Roden says, doesn't do much for the flavor, but it keeps the meat moist. Really moist. Perfectly moist.
Mmmmm.
We ate it with a simple tomato and cucumber salad with zaatar, and bread. It was sufficient.
The chicken I made tonight may just top that chicken. Didn't think it was possible, but this stuff was delicious.
And you will all be glad to hear that it is super-easy, too. (But not kosher. Sorry.)
More or less as Claudia Roden directs in The New Book Of Middle Eastern Food (her suggestion has no measurements, so neither do I):
Marinate chicken pieces (I just used thighs) in a marinade of yogurt, crushed garlic, paprika (for a pretty color), salt and pepper, and, if you have it, a little crushed mint. Marinate "for as long as possible" (I did it for a day, but that was by accident; I intended to eat this yesterday). Broil or grill. Eat.
The yogurt, as Roden says, doesn't do much for the flavor, but it keeps the meat moist. Really moist. Perfectly moist.
Mmmmm.
We ate it with a simple tomato and cucumber salad with zaatar, and bread. It was sufficient.
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Dayenu...
Date: 2003-08-01 05:48 am (UTC)Had we had the chicken, and the salad, dayenu...
WIth all of them, I must beg to differ. 'twas much more than sufficient.
(Note to those who do not have an earworm in their heads from the first two lines of this: Dayenu means roughly "It would have sufficed", or "it would have been enough", and is the refrain of an incredibly catchy Passover tune.)
Re: Dayenu...
Date: 2003-08-01 06:46 am (UTC)A Galette Above a load
Date: 2003-08-01 06:50 am (UTC)It's true, I say, with deep regret,
We did not speak of the galette.
Our meal might already have reached its peak,
but of the galette, we did not speak.
'Twas delicious, and do not think I kid,
for of the galette, speak not we did.
The ice cream was cold, the pastry hot,
of the galette, we did speak not.
I'd write more lines, but they'd be twee,
For of the galette, speak not did we.
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Date: 2003-08-01 06:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-08-01 07:08 pm (UTC)