Chicken Skewers

INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS

• For this recipe you can easily get chicken breast and use or you can do it the hard way like I did. lol.
• YES I deboned a whole chicken, I’m not really a fan of chicken breast and I also hate eating one thing. I love surprises 
• So after deboning I cut the chicken parts into chunks, did the same with the onions and red peppers
•  For the chicken marinade, 
• Add ginger and garlic paste (pictures below)
• White pepper powder 
• Stock cubes 
• Half a tbsp of Coriander powder and all spice 
• About two tablespoons of Encona Hot pepper sauce (picture below) 
• Put the chicken on the stick, I did two pieces of chicken then one piece red pepper then the onion then another piece of red pepper then two more pieces of chicken 
• You can freestyle this 
• Heat some butter on a grill pan and sear skewers on both sides for about 5 mins or just until you get that charr
• Cook in the oven for another 15 to 20 mins 
• Serve and garnish with parsley 

Penne Arrabiata

INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS 

• Blend plum tomatoes (picture below) and 2 red peppers
• Heat olive oil in a pan and add 4 crushed cloves of garlic and basil leaves  
• Pour in the blended tomatoes, make sure the oil is hot enough sizzle on contact with the tomatoes
• Cook on low heat for about 30 mins 
• Make sure you continuously stir the sauce to prevent burning 
• Season with salt and black pepper and paprika powder
• Add oregano 
• Meanwhile Boil water with olive oil and salt
• Cook penne for about 6 mins 
• Drain the pasta and save some of the water used to cook the pasta 
• Add pasta and some of the water you saved 
• Stir and allow them to get married for a few minutes 
• At this point you can add the grated cheese 
• Serve and garnish with parmesan and parsley 

My One-pot slow cooked lamb

INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS 

• Wash lamb chops and dry 
• Season with stock cubes, white pepper, garlic and ginger paste (check below), rosemary
• Heat a tablespoon of olive oil on a grill pan(check below) and sear lamb chops for about 6 mins on each side 
• Transfer the lamb chops to a bigger pot, make sure its non stick 
• If you have some of the marinade from the first step add it at this point
• Add all spice (check below), cumin powder, 4 tablespoons of ketchup, and soy sauce 
• Blend 2 scotch bonnets and chill peppers(about 2 or 3 should do )
• Add pepper mix 
• Add a tbsp of honey, one tbsp of vegetable oil
• Allow to cook for preferably 3 hours on low heat 
• Just before serving add parsley and Finley chopped onions and a tbsp of butter
• Serve with bhaturi or rice 

You can find the bhaturi recipe here on my blog