Posted 20 September 2009 - 07:05 AM
Pechguas de pollo glaseado con miel picante en salsa del naranha.
(Spicy honey glazed chicken breasts in orange sauce)
I swear by the taste because I love this dish. Original spanish dish from Murica. I read and saw it cooked and tasted it. Since it is really simple dish, you can have with bread or saffron yellow rice and a pitcher of sangria. I added a bit of a masala twist to it. This dish has so many possibilities for transformation.
Ingredients:
4 pieces of chicken breasts skinned cleaned.
2-3 big spoons of local honey
1/2-3/4 spoons of favorite masala*
1 cup of orange juice
1 sliced lemon
1/4 cup of olive oil
1/2 stick of local butter
1 medium orange rind**
Salt,Pepper,herbs to taste.
Preparation:
Mix the honey, masala and salt and little olive oil. Thoroughly coat the mixture in the pieces of chicken breasts. Let it marinate for 1-2 hour.
In a pot, heat oil and butter till it is hot. Add chicken and keep stirring constantly till they are opaque and outer surface begins to look brownish. Pour the orange juice, and thin slices of rind. Constantly stir the chicken in the resultant sauce for about 5 minutes. Then cover the pot, reduce the flames to really low for next 10 minutes. In between keep flipping the chicken. Taste the sauce, if too thick and bland, add more orange juice, and pepper (black/white/red).
Place slices of lemon on top of the chicken pieces, and remove the pot from the stove. Let it cool for a few minutes. Toss fresh herbs. I substituted rosemary with parsley, and mint instead of oregano.
* I used leftovers from MDH chaat masala and trini masala.
** I got some prepackaged orange peels instead.