Recipe: Perfect Coffee-tamarind chicken

Coffee-tamarind chicken. Sweet and spicy, these juicy skinless tamarind-glazed chicken thighs are easy to make and are perfect served with crisp lettuce on the side. HOW: Marinate your chicken in tamarind pulp, soy sauce, fish sauce, lime zest, sugar, and spices. Remove the chicken from the marinade.

Be the first to write a review! This tamarind chicken curry is spicy, sweet, and tangy! You can make this simple recipe in an instant pot or in a slow cooker - your choice! You can cook Coffee-tamarind chicken using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Coffee-tamarind chicken

1. You need 1 of whole chicken cut in pieces.
2. You need 1/4 cup of tamarind paste/juice from fresh tamarind pulp.
3. It's of Lime juice from 2 limes.
4. It's 3 of garlic cloves.
5. It's 1-2 of Habanero chilli (depending on your heat preference).
6. Prepare 1 tbls of instant coffee (diluted in 2tbls warm water).
7. You need to taste of Salt.
8. Prepare 1 tbls of brown sugar.
9. It's 1 tbls of vegetable oil.

If you love my butter chicken recipe, you'll love this tamarind. Soak tamarind in water and discard seeds. Soak until all the tamarind is dissolved. Heat the peanut oil and cook the chicken until just cooked.

Coffee-tamarind chicken step by step

1. First grind the chilli, garlic and salt in a mortar & pestle and set aside.
2. To make the marinade: in a bowl add the garlic-chilli paste and add the rest of the ingredients. Mix well to combine.
3. Add the chicken pieces to the marinade, make sure all pieces are well coated. Place in a ziplock bag and allow to marinate for 30minutes or more if you have the time.
4. Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees (Celsius), in an oven proof dish, arrange chicken pieces and grill for 20 minutes, then turn chicken pieces to grill the other side for another 20 minutes..
5. Once chicken is cooked, allow to cool enough to be served warm with your choice of side..
6. TIP: We use the cooked juices leftover while grilling to drizzle over the chicken before serving.

Serve with steamed rice, fresh coriander, diced tomato and. This glorious sumptuous chicken curry is what we had for Easter lunch. We thought long and hard whether to go out for lunch or have a simple family meal. Restaurant style tamarind chicken curry recipe resto by Latha channel Chicken curry is a common delicacy in South Asia, Southeast Asia. A delicious South Indian recipe, Coconut Tamarind Chicken Curry is an ideal main dish recipe for occasions like dinners and parties.