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Poultry Recipes - Chicken in Yoghurt

Ingredients

  • 1 chicken, skinned and cut into portions

  • 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup natural (plain) yoghurt

  • 2 onions, chopped

  • 10 garlic cloves, crushed

  • 2.5 cm/1 in ginger root, chopped

  • 10 ml/2 tsp ground coriander (cilantro)

  • 5 ml/1 tsp chili powder

  • 2 onions, sliced

  • 45 ml/2 tbsp wine vinegar

  • 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp sugar

  • 2.5 ml/1/2 tsp salt

  • 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup oil

  • juice of 1 1/2 limes

  • 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander ( cilantro)

Method:

  1. Prick the chicken all over with a fork. Mix together the yoghurt, onions, garlic, ginger, coriander and chili powder and nib into the chicken. Leave to marinate overnight.

  2. Soak the sliced onions in the wine vinegar for 1 hour. Stir in the sugar and salt and leave to stand until they turn pink. Put the chicken and marinade into a pan, cover and simmer for about 45 minutes until the chicken is tender and the juices have dried up.

  3. Heat the oil and fry the chicken pieces until lightly browned. Arrange the chicken on a serving dish and squeeze over the lime juice. Serve garnished with coriander. Serve the onions separately.