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Saturday Savory: Chicksicles

I have another of Alton Brown's recipes for you today, with an odd name to accompany it.
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This interesting-sounding recipe was in the grilling/broiler section of the Alton Brown cooking guide from which I am learning. The entire process of the recipe takes two days, since
the chicken has to marinate overnight. Here are the ingredients:

  • 1/2 tablespoon coriander seeds
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seed
  • 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 cup peanuts
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 pound chicken breast, cut into 1 inch cubes
As a note for the ingredients, Alton Brown calls for whole coriander and cumin seeds, toasted, then ground yourself.
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Now here are the steps for the first day of cooking.
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Those are the steps to day one. Now on to day two. When you are ready to cook the chicken, move the rack of your oven close to four inches away from the burners; preheat the broiler on high. Now:
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Our chicken paste turned "golden brown and delicious," but not extremely dark. When we ate it, however, it was cooked perfectly. I hope you enjoyed this multi-day yet simple recipe. Feel free to leave a comment on the blog or Facebook, maybe talking about some interesting kebab experience you have had.

Comments

  1. Melissa A. FreemanAugust 13, 2016 at 5:52 PM

    This was pretty good but it needed a dipping sauce of some kind. I'm not sure what though, because I wouldn't want to hide the flavor of the chicken. It did have a good flavor. Honey, maybe?

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  2. Dad!August 13, 2016 at 6:17 PM

    These tasted "ok", but the flavor was a little on the light side. If I remember correctly Alton originally called for some sort of "spicey spice" (ie hot) to be added, but my wife loves me enough to have that removed! :) A dipping sauce would have been good - I think honey mustard would be awesome, but then honey mustard's good on just about everything!

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    1. Addie FreemanAugust 14, 2016 at 7:48 AM

      The recipe did say you could add a touch of curry powder to the spices, but as no one but Mom likes a lot of heat in their food, we left it out.

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