Ginger Chicken Grenada Recipes

GINGER CHICKEN (GRENADA)

Steps:

• Marinate chicken with onion, garlic, salt and pepper, basil, ginger, worcestershire & MSG for 1 hour, refrigerated.
• Saute chicken in oil until golden brown. Remove to baking dish.
• In skillet, add remaining ingredients except parsley. Simmer until it becomes thick and makes a nice sauce. Pour sauce on chicken breasts.
• Bake for 1 hour. 350*. Garnish with fresh parsley.

NUTMEG CHICKEN (GRENADIAN INSPIRED)

Steps:

• Place the chicken in a medium sized bowl and season with the all purpose seasoning, pink salt, thyme and back pepper and set aside.
• Add the coconut sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, chilli flakes in a saucepan.
• Mix the coconut aminos. maple syrup, water and tapioca starch together than pour it into the saucepan.
• Bring the saucepan to the boil and reduce to simmer while stirring for 5 minutes then set aside.
• Meanwhile heat the oil on medium heat.
• Proceed to saute the garlic and onion until soft and translucent.
• Add the seasoned chicken to the pan and proceed to cook the chicken until it's sealed (turns white-ish in colour) This will take several minutes. If the chicken gives off an liquid, you will need to get rid of this before adding the syrup by increasing the heat and stirring until the water evaporates.
• Pour the nutmeg syrup all over the chicken and bring to a rolling boil.
• Reduce the flame to medium-low, cover the pan with lid and occasionally baste the chicken throughout the 20-25 minute cooking time.
• If you are left with excess liquid and want the syrup to adhere to the chicken increase heat to high and allow the liquid to evaporate and stick to the chicken (be careful not to burn the chicken).

SPICY NUTMEG CHICKEN (GRENADA -- CARIBBEAN)

Steps:

• FOR THE NUTMEG SYRUP: In a saucepan, combine the 1 cup of water along with the sugar, cinnamon & nutmeg. Mix thoroughly & bring to a boil, then reduce heat & cook, stirring for 2-3 minutes.
• In a small container combine cornstarch & water & mix thoroughly, before stirring it into the syrupy mixture, & blending well.
• Simmer the syrup for another 5 minutes or so until thickened somewhat.
• Remove from heat & stir in the rum flavoring, then set aside.
• FOR THE CHICKEN: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place chicken thighs in a 13"x9" baking dish
• In a small container combine garlic, onion, salt & pepper, mixing well, then spread this mixture over the chicken thighs.
• Bake thighs for 15 minutes, then remove from oven.
• While chicken is baking, in a bowl, combine soy sauce, pepper sauce, Nutmeg Syrup & ground ginger, mixing well.
• After the 15 minutes of baking, remove chicken from the oven & turn the temperature down to 350 degrees F.
• Baste the thighs with the Nutmeg Syrup mixture & return them to the oven to bake for at least 60 minutes, basting frequently.
• Serve hot with additional syrup mixture, if desired.

EASY GARLIC GINGER CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pound the chicken to 1/2 inch thickness. In a large resealable plastic bag combine the garlic, ginger, oil and lime juice. Seal bag and shake until blended. Open bag and add chicken. Seal bag and marinate in refrigerator for no more than 20 minutes.
• Remove chicken from bag and grill or broil, basting with marinade, until cooked through and juices run clear. Dispose of any remaining marinade.