BAKED MANGO CHICKEN DRUMMETTES
There are lot of words to describe food and 3 words for this chicken, ‘FINGER LICKING YUMMY’.
A few years ago, I had some mango puree sitting in the fridge after the mango lassi I made yesterday. Then there were some chicken drummettes. Why not some Mango Chicken? Sounds great, Genius! After making a quick sauce and cooking the chicken, I gave it a try, and guess what??? It was absolutely tasty, and I gave a pat on my shoulder for coming up with this amazing recipe(I am not vain, please read through). Took another bite…and it was DEJA VU. I’ve met this chicken before…
It was almost 10 years ago when I was visiting my home town. We went out to a nice place for dinner, and this was on the appetizer menu. Of course, I had to have it. Small little drummettes came to our table, steaming hot, topped with almonds and drenched in sauce. It did not disappoint me, was yummy, sticky fingers and all.
The foodie in me had to talk to the chef. After praising his creation, I almost begged him for the ingredients that went into it. He vaguely gave me some details. I rushed home and wrote it in my Burgundy diary.
Guess that I subconsciously kept looking at that scribble as I flipped through the book for years. The ingredients stuck to me, and I used a bit of this and a bit of that. I’ve made this chicken a few time times before,so here is the chicken for you. You’ll have to try it to know how damn good it is.
Ingredients:
Rub for the chicken:
Chicken drummettes – 6-8
2 tbsp dark brown sugar
1 tbsp paprika
2 tsp salt or accordingly
2 tbsp oil
For the Mango Barbecue sauce:
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
1 small red onion finely diced
2 tbsp minced ginger
1 tsp garam masala
4 Serrano pepper thinly sliced
1 1/2 cup mango puree(I used canned alphonso mango puree)
4 tbsp lime juice
4 tbsp cider vinegar
2 tbsp molasses
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Method:
1. Marinate the chicken with the rub for at least 2 hours to overnight.
2. In a sauce pan, add oil and let it get little hot. Add the fennel, cumin, onion and saute well.
3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
4. Add all the other ingredients and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes or until it is almost reduced to half it’s original quantity.
5. Put the chicken on a baking tray and bake for 15 minutes or until it is browned.
6. Take out the chicken and add it in the sauce and let it cook through and get dry. If you think you have a lot of sauce, take out some sauce and then you can baste the chicken every once in a while. It should be another 15-20 minutes.
Note: I used Alphonso mango puree. You could use fresh sweet mangoes when in season.
ENJOY!
Mango with chicken it's a marriage made in heaven. And all those spices… YUM!!!!
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OMG!!!! Ash, my dear, you are making me crave these drummetts. They look AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!
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Love the cookie, and evne though i am a sweet loving person, i think i am more in love with that chicken pieces, they jus tlook so so good.
We were three kids at home and it was laways fighting for something or the other. I just have one kid so there is not fight 🙂
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The cumin and fennel are a nice touch…love the aromas that this conjures up, looks and sounds incredible!
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What sexy drummetts Goddamnit! Sexy glaze, sexy hue, sexy-spicy aroma!
Thanks a billion for this awfully sexy, aphrodisiac recipe!
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And there's nothing to talk about your pictures. Just one word -“BEAUTIFUL” 🙂
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This chicken looks amazing! And your photos are fantastic!
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@Mike- you are right, they were a perfect match..loved it.
@Denise-thanks..hope you get to make em'.
@Finla- aww..sweety, thanks.
@Julie-thanks so much for stopping by, and thank you for your sweet comment girl.
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@Nusrat-Now that you say, I have to take your word for it:).thanks a ton my girlfriend.
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OMG,
This looks and sounds divine! Love the combination of flavors!
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Asha, I made your mango bbq sauce last friday…just a small quantity to coat over some chicken meatballs that I planned to serve as appetizer to some friends, with some substitutions – jaggery for mollases, green chilli for serrano peppers , but it was finger licking good…I was just eating the bbq sauce as it is 😉 Thanks for such a lovely recipe…now I know what to do with all the extra mango pulp…hehe!!
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