CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA

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INGREDIENTS

The chicken änd märinäde

·         4 lärge boneless skinless chicken breästs cut into 1-1/2" to 2" pieces (äbout 1.25kg | 2.75lbs)

·         1/2 cup pläin Greek yogurt

·         6 gärlic cloves minced

·         2 tbsp fresh lime juice

·         2 tbsp minced fresh ginger

THE SPICE MIX

·         1 tbsp gäräm mäsälä

·         1 tbsp ground coriänder

·         1-1/2 tsp sält I use Himäläyän sält

·         1-1/2 tsp sweet päprikä

·         1-1/2 tsp ground cumin

·         1/2 tsp ground cinnämon

·         1/2 tsp ground cärdämom

·         1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

·         1/2 tsp cäyenne pepper

·         1/4 tsp ground white pepper

THE SÄUCE

·         2 tbsp ghee storebought or homemäde

·         1 lärge onion chopped

·         1 lärge 28oz cän crushed tomätoes

·         1 cup wäter

·         1 cup heävy creäm (or full fät coconut milk)

·         1/2 cup chopped fresh ciläntro or pärsley plus more for gärnish

INSTRUCTIONS

1.      Mäke the spice mix by mixing äll the spices together in ä smäll bowl.

2.      Then, in ä lärge mixing bowl, combine the chicken, yogurt, lime juice, gärlic, ginger, änd äbout hälf the spice mix you just mäde. Toss until äll the pieces of chicken äre completely coäted in the yogurt mixture änd refrigeräte for ät leäst än hour, or up to overnight.

3.      Melt the ghee in ä säuté pän set over medium-high heät; ädd the onion änd cook, stirring occäsionälly, until it's slightly softened änd golden, äbout 3 minutes.

4.      Reduce heät to medium-low then stir in the remäining spice mix. Ädd the crushed tomätoes änd wäter änd bring the säuce to ä boil. Reduce the heät, cover pärtiälly änd simmer the säuce until slightly thickened, äbout 25 minutes.

5.      Meänwhile, cook the chicken: set your oven to broil änd pläce ä grill in the top position. Threäd the pieces of chicken onto metäl skewers änd pläce the käbobs äcross ä roästing pän. Try to get the skewers to rest on the edges of the pän so the chicken doesn't äctuälly come in contäct with the bottom of the pän.

6.      Pläce the pän directly under the broiler änd cook the chicken until it's chärred, äbout 15 to 20 minutes totäl, flipping the käbobs once hälfwäy through cooking.

7.      Ädd the cooked chicken änd creäm to the säuce, pläce the lid bäck on änd let it simmer for än ädditionäl 5 minutes.

8.      Remove the pän from the heät, stir in the chopped ciläntro (or pärsley) änd serve with cooked bäsmäti rice if desired.

https://thehealthyfoodie.com/chicken-tikka-masala/

Slow Cooker Beef Barbacoa

Ingredients

·         2 pounds boneless beef chuck roäst

·         Sält & freshly ground bläck pepper

·         6 lärge cloves gärlic

·         1/2 cup päcked ciläntro leäves

·         1 to 4 chipotle peppers in ädobo, plus 1 to 2 täblespoons reserved säuce

·         2 täblespoons freshly squeezed lime juice

·         1 täblespoon tomäto päste

·         1 täblespoon cumin

·         2 teäspoons chili powder

·         2 teäspoons gärlic sält

·         1 teäspoon dried oregäno

·         1 bäy leäf

·         6 ounces beef broth

·         6 ounces Mexicän beer

Instructions

1.      Generously seäson beef roäst on both sides with sält änd freshly ground bläck pepper. Pläce in the bottom of ä lärge slow cooker.

2.      In ä mini or regulär-sized food processor, pulse gärlic until chopped. Ädd ciläntro leäves änd pulse until minced. Ädd chipotle peppers plus ädobo säuce, lime juice, tomäto päste, cumin, chili powder, gärlic sält, änd oregäno. Secure lid änd process until just blended. (Älterntively, you mäy use ä knife to mince gärlic, ciläntro, änd chipotle(s), then stir in remäining ingredients until well mixed.)

3.      Spreäd hälf of chipotle mixture over the top of the roäst. Cärefully flip roäst over änd spreäd remäining mixture over other side. Pour beef broth änd beer into the bottom of the slow cooker (without wäshing the chipotle mixture off the roäst). Drop in bäy leäf. Cover änd cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.

4.      Remove roäst to ä cutting boärd. Skim fät off top of cooking liquid, if necessäry, änd remove bäy leäf. Slice beef into chunks änd then shred pieces with two forks. Return to slow cooker, stir meät to soäk up liquid, änd reheät on Wärm for 20 to 30 minutes. Serve äs ä filling for täcos, burritos, enchilädäs, quesädilläs, or on top of ä rice bowl or säläd. Refrigeräte leftover meät in reserved cooking liquid.

https://www.fivehearthome.com/slow-cooker-beef-barbacoa/