Moroccan Chicken

Once again, I was inspired by one of our very own. The Ohio Cook, at My Meals are On Wheels https://beatcancer2010.wordpress.com/, posted a recipe for Moroccan chicken that sounded too good to resist. And it was too. Thank you once again for an exotically delicious menu idea. 🙂

Of course my whole meal was Moroccan themed. It all has to go together after all, right?! 🙂 I served it with some lentil stew Lentil Stew with a Moroccan/Mediterranean vegetable medley, of my own creative imagination, and warmed pitas. It was a delicious combination that worked together perfectly.

Moroccan Chicken

Believe it or nor, I actually followed the recipe, for the most part, too. Something I rarely do, as you all know. 🙂 When cooking, I never really measure anything. I just go by guessing and estimating. Other than that, I forgot to add sugar, but added a squirt of hot honey on top before serving it. I think those are the only real differences between the original recipe and mine. But who knows. I cook by instinct, not by actually following recipes. 🙂

One of the many lessons we were taught in culinary school was to use our abilities to measure by sight rather than actually measuring everything out. After a while you’d be amazed at how accurate you really are. So I may not be exact, but I am usually pretty darn close.

1 1/2-2 lbs chicken breast

1 tsp ginger

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp corriander

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp turmeric

salt & pepper to taste

1/2 tsp sugar or honey

1-2 TBSP lemon juice

Pat the chicken dry with a paper towel.

Mix all the spices together. Pour the lemon juice over the chicken and generously coat the chicken on both sides with the spice mixture.

I let my chicken marinate in the refrigerator for about 2-3 hours before grilling it, then placed it on a hot grill and cooked it until it was done.

Once the chicken was cooked, I sliced it into thin slices and served it with the rest of my Moroccan/Mediterranean side dishes. I turned mine into a pita. My wine of choice was a cool, crisp Pinto Grigio (another one of ours that we just recently made and bottled) which accompanied the meal very nicely.

Recipes (for cooking) are never written in stone. Have fun and play around with them. Be creative and see what you come up with. But most importantly, have fun and enjoy yourself.

Have a great day and make everyday great. Stay safe and stay well. ‘Til next time.