Name: Shallot Chicken Roast
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2- Chicken; 1 cup Shallots; 2 tbs Peanut oil; 1 tbs Ginger garlic paste; 1 tbs Coriander leaves; 1 spring Curry leaves; Salt; 1/2 cup Coconut; 1 tsp Cumin seeds; 1 tbs Pepper corns; 4 to 5 Dry red chilli; 1 inch stick Cinnamon; 4 Cloves

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Spicy Shallots Chicken Roast has incredible flavours from freshly ground masala makes you cook over and over! This recipe going to be your family favourite! The chicken is juicy inside and perfectly roasted. This Quick and Tasty chicken roast recipe is easy to make! Great for your lunch or Dinner!

Shallots Chicken Roast/Chinna vengaya kozhi

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How do you make shallots chicken roast?

Firstly, roast the coconut, peppercorns, cumin and dry red chilli. And grind to a fine paste.

Add the ground masala to the washed chicken pieces, add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt, lemon juice and mix thoroughly and marinate for 10 mins.

Then, heat up oil, add all the seasoning curry leaves, cinnamon and cloves.

Add in marinated chicken pieces and roast to nice golden brown colour.

What cut is best for making this recipe?

Curry cut is constantly tasted great, chicken with bone in will works fine.

Can I replace onion instead of shallots?

Indeed! They are interchangeable. Shallots have a sweet and gentle flavour and It tastes better for the roasting type of dishes.

Tips to make the best Shallots Chicken Roast:

Cold-pressed Peanut Oil- The real taste of the recipe totally depends on the oil. The cold-pressed peanut oil has some distinct flavour that makes this Shallot chicken super delicious. ( Gingelly oil works well too!)

Quality Chicken Pieces: Get Tender and fresh chicken pieces that helps you to get the juiciest shallot chicken.

Freshly ground Masala: Always make a fresh batch of ground masala for this shallot chicken recipe, because the aroma of the freshly ground is extremely unique.

Marinating: Marinating for 15 mins is actually enough for this recipe. For more flavours, simple prick the chicken with a fork and marinate the chicken overnight for the most flavorful and moist shallot chicken.

Roasting: The final step of roasting the chicken with shallots, keep your flame to medium-high and keep stirring until the chicken gets nicely simmered and roasted well.

How would you serve shallot chicken?

This can be best served with Rice, Curd rice, Rasam rice, simple south Indian sambar and roti.

How to make shallots chicken with step by step pictures:

ingredients to make shallot chicken roast are taken small brass cups — These all the ingredients to make Shallots chicken

grated coconut, dry red chilli, peppercorns, cumin are taken in deep saute pan — Heat up 1 tbs of oil, add grated coconut, cumin seeds, dry red chillies and pepper corns. Also add 1 tsp of fennel seeds if you would like.

Roasted Grated coconut, pepper corns, dry red chilli in a deep saute pan — Saute until the grated coconut has turn to a light golden brown. Remove from heat.

Freshly ground coconut masala in blender — Bring to room temperature, add 1/4 cup of water and grind to a smooth paste.

Washed chicken pieces are taken in glass mixing bowl — Now, Throughly Wash the chicken pieces and pat dry them. Add in a mixing bowl.

turmeric powder and salt is added to chicken in the glass mixing bowl — Add in ground coconut paste, turmeric powder and salt.

Ginger is being added to chicken in glass mixing bowl — Add in ginger garlic paste

half sliced lemon is being squeezed to the chicken marinade in glass bowl — Squeeze some lemon juice and mix well

Chicken is marinated in glass mixing bowl — Let it marinate for 15 to 30 mins. At this stage,give a taste test, add salt if needed or any other required spices.

oil is heated up in saute pan — After the marination is done, Heat up 2 tbs of peanut oil over a medium heat.

curryleaves, cinnamon and cloves are added to the oil in deep saute pan — Add cinnamon sticks, cloves and curryleaves. Let it sizzle for few seconds.

A cup of sliced shallots is added to the deep saute pan — Now, Add 1 cup of peeled and sliced shallots

Sliced shallots are being cooked in deep saute pan — Saute until the shallots turns translucent, add salt if needed.

marinated chicken pieces are added to the saute pan — In goes the marinated chicken

chicken is being roasted with shallots — keep stirring until the shallots turns to golden brown colour

Chicken is roasted to a nice golden colour in a saute pan — Now the shallots and ground coconut masala has turned to a nice golden colour along with chicken pieces has roasted well.

coriender leaves are sprinkled to the roasted shallot chicken in saute pan — You can see, a thin glaze of oil oozes out on sides. It’s time to remove from heat. Sprinkle some handful of chopped coriender leaves.

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Author: Nithya Narasimhan
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 3 1x

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Description

Spicy shallot chicken roast has incredible flavours from freshly ground masala makes you to cook over and over! This Quick and Tasty chicken roast recipe is easy to make! Great for your lunch or Dinner!

Ingredients

Scale

1/2– Chicken
1 cup Shallots
2 tbs Peanut oil
1 tbs Ginger garlic paste
1 tbs Coriander leaves
1 spring Curry leaves
Salt

To grind:

1/2 cup Coconut
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tbs Pepper corns
4 to 5 Dry red chilli

Seasoning:

1 inch stick Cinnamon
4 Cloves

Instructions

Heat up oil, add coconut, dry red chillies, pepper corns, cumin and roast until the coconuts are nicely browned.
Bring to room temperature, Add the roasted ingredients to a blender, add 1/2 cup of water and grind to a fine paste.
Add ground masala to chicken pieces, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well and marinate for 15mins.
Heat up oil, add the seasonings once that splutter.
Add shallots and saute for 5 mins.
Add marinated chicken pieces and saute for good 10 mins until the chicken is nicely golden color.
Sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves.

Notes

Tips to make the best shallot chicken:

Cold-squeezed Peanut Oil-The genuine taste of the formula thoroughly relies upon the oil. The cool squeezed shelled nut oil has some unmistakable flavor that makes this Shallot chicken overly delightful.

Quality Chicken Pieces: Get Tender, crisp chicken pieces that assistance you to get the juiciest shallot chicken.

Naturally ground Masala: Always make a crisp group of ground masala for this shallot chicken formula, on the grounds that the fragrance of the newly ground is very one of a kind.

Marinating: Marinating for 15 mins is in reality enough for this formula. For more flavors, straightforward prick the chicken with a fork and marinate the chicken medium-term for the most tasty and wet shallot chicken.

Cooking: The last advance of broiling the chicken with shallots in shelled nut oil, keep your fire to medium-high and continue mixing until the chicken gets simmered well.

Category: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian, south Indian

Shallots Chicken Roast