Pepper Chicken
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For a couple of months, we were stuck in a cooking rut induced by job demands, bad health and just pure laziness. We rarely cooked at home and even when we did, it was usually something boring. Luckily there were some events to keep this blog alive and somewhat interesting, but when I browse through the archives I can see the steady decline in the recent months. This made me really worry about the future of this blog, so I’ve made a resolution to heat things up in the kitchen (so to speak) at least for this blog’s sake.
Most of my resolutions start with a big shopping spree. Start going to the gym – time for new gym clothes… Start hiking – need new hiking boots and backpack… you get the drift. So to get my cooking groove back, I went and got some new toys like a new blender, a food processor, grill pan, few new serving dishes for the pictures and some more stuff I will talk about in a future post. Just buying stuff makes me happy, and it was a surefire motivation. Getting back into the kitchen and starting to experiment with some new recipes has sure brought some of the passion back. I think it was just a starting trouble. From the past two weeks I already have a few recipes in my drafts, I am spoilt for choice when I want to post something. This hasn’t happened in a while! Now if only I get time to sit and write every day!
I will share the first recipe in my drafts today, a pepper chicken which really was Siv’s idea. He makes the Spanish Chicken very often, and he wanted to make an Easternized version of the same. So Garlic was replaced with ginger; paprika was replaced with ground black pepper and bay leaves with curry leaves. We couldn’t think of a substitute for white wine though. I also sneaked in some soy sauce and shallots. Coming to think of it we could have kept the fried garlic, that would’ve been really nice in this dish. Anyway, it turned out to be a tasty chicken dish, great with beer.
Ingredients
- 1lb chicken thighs cubed (I used breast, but thighs will be lot better)
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp grated ginger
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced shallots
- a bunch of curry leaves
- 2tbsp freshly ground black pepper (or less if you can’t take the heat)
- 1/2 cup white wine
- salt to taste
- Oil for sauteing
Method
Mix the chicken with salt, soy sauce and grated ginger and half of the ground pepper and let marinate for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in a large pan, and saute the shallots till brown. Add the marinated chicken pieces and fry stirring often till the chicken pieces are browned on all sides. Add the rest of the pepper, curry leaves and white wine and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and cook till dry.
Serve hot with some fresh lime wedges and ice cold beer.
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Category: Chicken, Good with Drinks
looks yummy! did you get studio lights? the pepper chicken i make is very similar except that i don’t use soy sauce
Looks delectable Sig! With all the fusion of flavours and paired with beer oh so good! Aye aye.. I miss being a non veggie. Pepper chicken in Secunderabad’s, Nanking used to be my fav.
Soya sauce and white wine in pepper chicken….This I should try!!!
looks lovely sig! this sounds like just the type of chicken dish that would have me licking my fingers!
i am amazed to see how similar we are Sig sweetie
LOL… u r my soulmate when it comes to shopping 
Martini):
I hear you, Sig! But as it happens, everytime I make a big investment in something, fate decrees that I stop that activity for a while! Everytime I buy gym clothes, I’ve stopped going to the gym for some reason or the other. I’m on the threshold of paying the annual membership fees at the gym and my knee is acting up …
This looks really good and easy to make!
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Happy Exercising and Happy Hiking,
Paz
Hi sigma, The pepper chicken looks inviting, did you add food colouring or red chilli ? With the ingredients you mentioned ,I thought the dish might come out a bit darkish.- S
If you like to have some color to any non veg try to use very very little Turmeric before cooking the nonveg. It has many good effects including the natural color.
Thanks
Yeah, all good resolutions start with shopping…I agree:)
yummy recipe..
I am with u on the shopping! and yes…after i have spent tons of money..i give up the activity…every single one except cooking..i guess.. i really love cooking…of-course! i get bored of it at times too…
The dish looks yummy and the recipe is very easy too.
thanks for sharing sig.
Looks good. Will try this with tofu
Sig that chicken looks delicious…and I felt you were talking abt me..heheh..when you said starting for walking, buy new shoes..
..those new ones are still not used… 
but nothing like getting new kitchen gears!!
You, the dedicated one
He he, shopping is a great motivator. I am yet to find my motivation though 
Your pictures are always so alluring!!
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totally a yes yesss on the shopping stuff… and what an amizing click ti is ya…. how did manage this…
Hi sig,
can u give me a substitute for white wine. both of us can never use wine in our cooking.
thanks,
priti
Hi sig,
Thanks for this recipe..dish looks tempting and seems like it is easy to prepare…. will definitely try this out but i need u to clear something up for me, dear… is there a substitute for white wine. we cannot use wine in our cooking… so, hope u will reply soon….
Thank you…
priti
Dear sig,
thank you for the reply. will try and let u
know.
gosh..i’ve surf the net for recipes to put into my bento box for weeks now and i gotta say…yours looks the best! making me soooo hungry!