"I'm not sure what to do with the nuts." "That's what she said."
While at lunch with a friend today I watched him dip his chicken nuggets in his chocolate milkshake and I wondered if chocolate chicken would be a good dish. Aside from mole, which I know contains chocolate and I already can make.
I found this recipe online via
Pepperfool.com and it looks great.
2 lbs. chicken, cut up -- (2 to 2 1/2)
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil -- (1 to 2)
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. anise seed
1/2 cup almonds, chopped
1/2 cup peanuts, chopped
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp salt
3 tomatoes, chopped
2 medium onions, chopped
1/2 tsp. fresh pepper
2 tsp. hot crushed red peppers
1/8 tsp. cayenne (or to taste)
Sesame seeds
Brown chicken in a medium skillet in hot oil. Remove to a large (13x9x2) cake pan or baking dish. Pour oil from skillet and add the stock. Simmer 5 minutes. Mix cocoa with vegetable oil to form a paste. Add cloves, cinnamon, anise seed, and blend. Stir spice mixture into simmering stock and simmer 5 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
Pour mixture over the chicken parts. Cover and bake in preheated 350-degree oven until chicken is tender (around 1 to 1 1/2 hours). Serve sprinkled with sesame seeds!
However, some parts of the recipe don't add up. In particular the recipe calls for chopped nuts but doesn't say what to do with them. Same thing with the sugar, tomatoes and onions, and the pepper/crushed red pepper/cayenne pepper combo. I would think to add the nuts to the chocolate mixture to roast in the oven with the chicken, and add the rest of the spices to the mixture because everything else is in there anyway. But what of the tomatoes and onions?
I know hot oil can cook on its own away from heat for a little bit but would it really work to have the remainder of hot oil from the skillet simmer the chicken stock away from the heat in a big pan like that?
I really want to try this recipe. I think I can work it out. But I'd like to figure out what to do with this recipe when it seems to be very poorly written.
That, or I'll take your best offerings for chocolate chicken recipes instead. :)
I found this recipe online via
Pepperfool.com and it looks great.
2 lbs. chicken, cut up -- (2 to 2 1/2)
3 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2 cups chicken stock
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil -- (1 to 2)
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. anise seed
1/2 cup almonds, chopped
1/2 cup peanuts, chopped
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp salt
3 tomatoes, chopped
2 medium onions, chopped
1/2 tsp. fresh pepper
2 tsp. hot crushed red peppers
1/8 tsp. cayenne (or to taste)
Sesame seeds
Brown chicken in a medium skillet in hot oil. Remove to a large (13x9x2) cake pan or baking dish. Pour oil from skillet and add the stock. Simmer 5 minutes. Mix cocoa with vegetable oil to form a paste. Add cloves, cinnamon, anise seed, and blend. Stir spice mixture into simmering stock and simmer 5 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
Pour mixture over the chicken parts. Cover and bake in preheated 350-degree oven until chicken is tender (around 1 to 1 1/2 hours). Serve sprinkled with sesame seeds!
However, some parts of the recipe don't add up. In particular the recipe calls for chopped nuts but doesn't say what to do with them. Same thing with the sugar, tomatoes and onions, and the pepper/crushed red pepper/cayenne pepper combo. I would think to add the nuts to the chocolate mixture to roast in the oven with the chicken, and add the rest of the spices to the mixture because everything else is in there anyway. But what of the tomatoes and onions?
I know hot oil can cook on its own away from heat for a little bit but would it really work to have the remainder of hot oil from the skillet simmer the chicken stock away from the heat in a big pan like that?
I really want to try this recipe. I think I can work it out. But I'd like to figure out what to do with this recipe when it seems to be very poorly written.
That, or I'll take your best offerings for chocolate chicken recipes instead. :)