Oh well, it's vacation so I go with the flow! I switched days six and seven and made the Roast Chicken Breasts with Garbanzo beans, Tomatoes and Paprika from Epicurious. This was a really quick and easy recipe. Also not very exotic so for all of those picky eaters out there ;-)
The ingredients minus the chicken
I started by making the spice mixture. The recipe calls for smoked paprika, but I didn't have any of that so I used a mixture of hot and sweet. The paprika plus garlic, cumin and oil. Some of the mixture gets added to some plain yogurt to make the sauce, some gets rubbed onto the chicken and the rest is mixed in with the chickpeas (garbanzo beans) and tomatoes.
a little cilantro makes the mixture very pretty!
Roast the chicken with the tomato mixture and top with cilantro and yogurt sauce. Bon Appetite!
The verdict- Mohamed and I were mixed on this one. He thought it was one of the best so far (tied with the Cod dish) while I wasn't super impressed. It was good. Definitely hearty and I could eat chickpeas all day long. I also really liked the yogurt sauce with the chicken. Generally though, it didn't seem all that flavorful. I'm convinced I did something wrong as the reviews for this recipe are all extremely positive. Maybe using the smoked paprika would have made a big difference? You should try it out for yourself!
Up for tomorrow is the Ful Medames. For real this time!
2 comments:
This looks awesome. I have to say it's probably the smoked paprika that would have made the flavor difference. That stuff is incredible.
Perhaps I'll have to request some smoked paprika from the states and make it again...
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