Me and my friends had this plan to grill some chicken, and i was somehow obsessed with trying out red wine. So as anyone would do, i headed straight to the online recipes, and found pretty interesting (n ridiculously simple) recipes.. And i was so excited i wanted to try em all (its a birth defect). So i tried out mixing up some o the marinade ingredients, and made sure i dint overdo it. At least according to me.
I am not sure if Honey and Pepper go well in the same dish.. but i simply Luuurv both o them.. And well, luckily, it actually tasted yumm :) And here's what happened before the kitchen exploded.
Marinated (six) chicken pieces in:
Lime juice, salt, lots of (freshly) Crushed Pepper, and some red wine. Refrigerated for more than 4 hours (i just thought, longer the better :D )
Glazed the roasting pan with a spoonful of ghee.. arranged the pieces in it (with skin up).. and 'patted' them with a bit of honey. Added some big onion pieces as well (as a consolation, cuz we din't have any potatoes :P )
The whole thing was put in a microwave with 'auto chicken roast' option.. for 23 minutes (the oven called the shots). After around 12 minutes we turned the pieces around, glazed some more honey and pepper, and added mushroom pieces into the oil+marinade mix that was running around in the pan.. a LOT of oil had run out from the chicken skin. I should say, my taste buds were SO frenetic i was falling in love. Probably the wine. Then we put it back in the oven to complete the 23 minutes.
Was it the recipe or the microwave, i'm not sure, but the program timing was perfect and the chicken tasted real good. Mushrooms even better. The oil+marinade mix in the pan was just heavenly. (ok, i admit i was super excited about being partly responsible for creating it ;) ) It surely must have been one of those first-time-victory stuff. Anyways, we were a happy bunch o carnivores ;)
<slurp + happy tears>
We did make palak paneer and rice as well, as the side dish :)
