Showing posts with label BBQ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BBQ. Show all posts

Friday, February 25, 2011

Indian Spiced Yogurt BBQ Chicken #2


I've BBQ'd an
Indian Spiced Yogurt Chicken
before and we enjoyed it
my in laws came for dinner
the meal I had planned
was a fair amount of work
so I wanted something easier
and I had some Greek Yogurt
that needed to be used

12 bone in, skin on chicken thighs
1 tub greek yogurt
3 tablespoons Garam Masala
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon tumeric
add it all into a ziplock bag
and mush it all around
to coat all the chicken


Warmed the BBQ on high
Turn off half the BBQ
put the Chicken Thighs
on the half that is off
this is called
indirect heat for cooking


close the lid
leave it to cook
for a minimum of 2 hours
checking about every half hour
you don't want to lose the heat
move around any pieces
that look to be cooking fast
with those that are cooking slow
but keep the moving to a minimum
cooking it for 2 hours or more
will make the skin nice and crisp
and the meat nice and moist


I served this with brown basmati rice
and roasted vegetables
including half an acorn squash


if you have not cooked
with an acorn squash
it's a bit of a tough squash
use a good knife
to cut the squash in half
scoop out the seeds


cut the squash into wedges
you could sprinkle some nutmeg
and roast it like this
the squash is very versatile


I peeled the skin off
and diced it small
and roasted it with
a ton of other
very colorful veggies


This was a very
very wonderful meal
my kidlets
they each ate three pieces of the chicken


my mother in law
is a fantastic baker
today she brought a homemade pie
rhubarb, apple and banana


she used apple and banana
because she cut the sugar
and used these to help sweeten the pie
so fantastic as always

Monday, January 24, 2011

BBQ Turkey and Veggies


I had left over
BBQ Turkey Breasts
I planned to do
a type of pulled turkey sandwich
but decided it wasn't going to work
how I wanted it to
I cut up the turkey
some onion
and some beautiful peppers
added a jar of BBQ sauce
and cooked this at 350
in the oven until it was bubbly


we were running low on veggies
and didn't have salad fixings
so I just cut up some random items
so go with dinner


I served this on left over rice
with the cut up
veggies, apple, pickles and cheese


This was a fast
and easy way
to use up some leftovers
and some veggies
everyone really enjoyed this
even little Lily
she thought it might good
keep dreaming cat!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Black Bean Burgers


Black Bean Burgers
I followed the recipe
from the Tasty Kitchen site
sorta....

1 1/2ish cups of cooked black beans
1/2 onion
red pepper
some zucchini
some carrots
some parsley
2 teaspoons cumin
salt
pepper
1 egg
bread crumbs

I put all the veggies
into my food processor


processed the veggies
until nice and fine


then I added the beans
and spices
ran the processor
just a little bit more
and mixed in the eggs
and the bread crumbs


from there I formed
the burgers


I BBQ'd these
but it was weird
they made no noise
on the BBQ
not like when you BBQ meat
and you can hear it sizzle


so these just needed
to be heated thru
8 minutesish each side


I made my fluffy buns
3/4 whole wheat
so very good


we added lots of
yummy toppings
even my homemade pickles


the taste of these burgers
very good
however
they did not hold up
once on the bun
I sorta expected that
they totally just mushed
would I make them again?
YES
BUT
I would serve them
in Pita shells
these are totally worth a try


my kidlets
had some quality time
coloring
always cute


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Indian Spiced Yogurt BBQ Chicken


I enjoy Indian food
I enjoy the spices
the blends
it's such a wonderful
taste experience
my kidlets however
do not enjoy it
so much
so I'm trying to
give them the flavours
in small amounts

So to start
a yogurt marinade
greek yogurt
with some indian spices
garam masala
cumin
cinnamon


I didn't have a recipe
I spoke briefly to
the teller at the grocery store
I made two marinades
one had an extra tablespoon of the masala
I used 1/2 a container of yogurt
for each marinade
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 tablespoon of cumin
1 tablespoon of garam masala
in the first
2 tablespoons of garam masala
in the second


add it together
and mix it all up
I added 4 chicken breast
to each bag
and marked the one
with extra spices
I let it sit for the day
and every few hours
I would squish it around


I BBQ'd this up
with some BBQ potatoes
and served it with salad
AMAZING
and YUMMY


the flavour was mild
but very good
the kids enjoyed it
YAY