Roast Chicken With Spiced Yogurt Recipes

CHICKEN WITH LEMONS, SUMAC & SPICED YOGURT

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Two things happen to the chicken. First, season the inside. In a bowl mix the lemons, olives, shallots and garlic with half the sumac and some salt. Scrunch them all together and add 1 tbsp of water. Open the bird up and pour the mix into the cavity.
• Then the outside. Take the oil and the rest of the sumac and rub onto the chicken, massaging it into every part possible. Roast for 11⁄2 hrs or until cooked through and the juices run clear when a skewer is inserted into the thickest part of the leg.
• While the chicken is cooking, mix all the ingredients for the spiced yogurt with some salt - if you like it a little milder, deseed the chilli before slicing it. Carve the chicken and serve topped with a dollop of the yogurt.

SPICED YOGURT SPATCHCOCK CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pop the chicken in a large dish and slash the legs a few times with a sharp knife. Mix together the lemon juice, chilli powder and 1 tsp salt. Pour this over the chicken, turning so that it coats both sides. Cover with cling film and chill for 1 hr. Meanwhile, whizz the remaining ingredients (except the oil) and some black pepper in a blender until smooth.
• Remove the chicken from the fridge and spoon over the spicy paste, making sure it covers both sides. Chill for at least 4 hrs, preferably overnight.
• Light a lidded barbecue and let the flames die down. Once the coals have turned ashen, mound them up on one side. Drizzle the skin of the chicken with the oil and place, skin-side down, on the side of the barbecue with the coals underneath. Cover with the lid and cook for 15-20 mins until charred.
• Flip the chicken over and move to the side with no coals underneath. Close the lid and cook for a further 20-25 mins until cooked through. Check that the juices run clear; if not, return to the barbecue for a further 10 mins, then check again. (To cook in the oven, heat to 200C/180C fan/gas 6, place on a wire rack over a tray and cook for 45-55 mins. To char the skin, grill for a further 5-10 mins if needed.)
• Leave the chicken to rest for 20 mins, then scatter over the coriander and serve with chapatis warmed on the barbecue, raita and your favourite chutney.

YOGURT-MARINATED ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Put the chicken on a cutting board breast side down. Use poultry shears to cut along both sides of the backbone; remove and discard the backbone. Flip the chicken over and press down gently to break the breastbone and flatten the breast slightly. In a gallon-size resealable plastic bag, combine the yogurt, garlic, shallot, parsley, dill, cracked peppercorns, lemon zest, and 2 tsp. salt. Add the chicken to the bag and turn to coat well. Set in a bowl and refrigerate overnight. Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 450°F. Remove the chicken from the marinade and put it skin side up on a broiler pan or on a rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet. Season both sides well with salt and pepper. Roast the chicken, uncovered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thigh reads 170°F, 45 to 50 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a carving board and loosely tent it with foil; let rest for 10 minutes before carving.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH SPICED YOGURT

Steps:

• Rinse chicken and pat dry.
• Fold chicken wings across back so that the tipe touch.
• Tie or skewer the drumsticks to its tail.
• Place the chicken in a latge glass bowl.
• Mix the 1/2 teaspoon water and gound mustard in a small bowl.
• Stir in remaining ingredients except 1/4 cup water.
• Pour over chicken.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 12 hours, but no more than 24.
• Heat oven to 375.
• Remove chicken from marinade, reserve the marinade.
• Place the chicken on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
• Roast chicken 1 hour or more, until juices run clear.
• Spoon the reserved marinade over the chicken when it has 30 minutes left to cook.
• Remove chicken from the roasting pan, and keep it warm.
• Stir the 1/4 cup water in the pan drippings, and heat until hot.
• Remove and discard the skin from the chicken.
• Serve the meat with the sauce.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH SPICED YOGURT

Steps:

• Fold wings of chicken across back with tips touching. Tie or skewer drumsticks to tail. Place chicken in large glass or plastic bowl. Mix 1/2 teaspoon of the water with the mustard in small bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except 1/4 cup water pour over chicken. Turn chicken to coat well with marinade. Cover and refrigerate at least 12 hours but no longer than 24 hours. Heat oven to 375°. Remove chicken from marinade reserve marinade. Place chicken on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert thermometer so tip is in the thickest part of inside thigh muscle and does not touch bone. Roast uncovered 1 to 1 1/4 hours, brushing marinade over chicken during last 30 minutes of roasting, until thermometer reads 180° and juice is no longer pink when center of thigh is cut. Remove chicken from pan keep warm. Stir 1/4 cup water into pan drippings heat just until hot. Remove and discard chicken skin. Serve chicken with sauce.1 Serving: Calories 160 (Calories from Fat 45) Fat 5g (Saturated 2g) Cholesterol 65mg Sodium 270mg Carbohydrate 4g (Dietary Fiber 0g) Protein 25g.From "Betty Crocker's Best of Healthy & Hearty Cooking." Text Copyright 1998 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.