Best Not Quite Indian Chicken With Pumpkin Sauce Recipes

TIKKA CHICKEN WITH PUMPKIN CURRY

Steps:

• Set the chicken breasts in a casserole with a tight-fitting lid. Mix the lime juice and honey together and pour over them. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
• Add dry spice to a heavy-bottomed frying pan on medium heat, stirring until they darken and become fragrant-this will take about 3-5 minutes. Remove the spices from the heat. Put this mixture into a medium sized bowl.
• Put the pan back on medium heat, and cook the shallots in the oil, stirring constantly until they turn deep golden. Add ginger, chili and garlic, and cook, stirring, until the shallots are a deep reddish brown, the garlic is golden. Remove the mixture from the pan, discard the chili and puree into a fine paste. Add to the spice mixture, then stir in the pumpkin and coconut milk.
• Using a whisk, beat the yogurt into the mix.
• Pour over the chicken pieces, and put a piece of foil over the top of the casserole before fitting the lid tightly over it. Allow chicken to marinate in the refrigerator.
• While chicken is marinating, preheat the oven at 450 degrees F.
• After marinating for an hour, put the casserole into the oven, and bake for 40 minutes.
• Scatter cilantro over the chicken. Best served over basmati rice.

" NOT-QUITE-INDIAN" CHICKEN WITH PUMPKIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Heat olive oil in medium skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots and garlic; cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the vegetable broth, pumpkin, and cream. Add the hot sauce, cinnamon, & nutmeg. Season with salt and pepper.
• Lower the heat and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sage; simmer for another minute.
• Slice chicken breasts into 1-inch wide chunks. Place in a 13 x 9 inch casserole dish. Pour pumpkin sauce over chicken.
• Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes.
• Serving suggestion: serve over Jasmine or Basmati rice.

CHICKEN IN PUMPKIN SEED SAUCE

Steps:

• Place the chicken in a pot with just enough water to cover. Sprinkle with salt, and add the peppercorns, bay leaves, quartered onion and herb bundle. Bring to a low boil, and then reduce the heat and poach the chicken until cooked through, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove the chicken, straining the stock, and then wipe the pot clean and return to the heat. Peel the skin off the chicken breasts and cover to keep warm until the sauce is ready. Dry toast the pumpkin seeds over medium heat until puffed and toasted, 4 to 5 minutes. Reserve 1/4 cup of the toasted seeds for garnish. Puree the remaining seeds in a blender or food processor with 1 cup of the stock, the chopped onion, EVOO, cumin, epazote, if using, cinnamon, tomatillos, lettuce, garlic and chiles. Transfer the pumpkin seed puree to the pot with 2 1/2 to 3 cups of the reserved chicken stock and simmer to develop flavor and thicken, 20 minutes. Adjust the seasonings. Pour the sauce over the chicken and garnishreserved toasted pumpkin seeds. Serve with warm corn tortillas, for wrapping, and minced red onion, for topping. If you would like to serve with a vegetable, steamed or sauteed zucchini is perfect.

SPICY GRILLED CHICKEN WITH CREAMY PUMPKIN MOLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat heavy large pot over medium heat. Add chile pieces; toast until aromatic and lighter in color around edges, pressing with potato masher or back of fork and turning pieces, about 2 minutes. Set aside one 2-inch piece of chile for garnish; transfer remaining pieces to medium bowl. Cover chiles in bowl with hot water; soak until soft, about 30 minutes.
• In same large pot, heat 1 1/2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat. Add onion rings and garlic. Sauté until brown, about 4 minutes. Transfer to processor, leaving oil in pot. Add bread slice to pot; cook until golden, about 30 seconds per side. Transfer bread to processor (reserve pot). Add tomatoes to processor. Puree mixture until smooth. Transfer tomato puree to small bowl (do not clean processor).
• Drain ancho chiles and place in processor. Add 1/2 cup broth and 2 chipotle chiles. Puree until smooth.
• Add 1 tablespoon oil to reserved pot. Heat over medium-high heat. Add ancho chile puree; cook until puree thickens and darkens, stirring often, about 1 1/2 minutes. Add tomato puree. Simmer until thick, stirring often, about 4 minutes. Whisk in pumpkin and 3 cups broth. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until mole thickens and reduces to 3 1/3 cups, about 30 minutes. Whisk in cream and sugar. Season to taste with salt.
• Puree 2 tablespoons oil and 2 chipotle chiles in small processor or force through sieve to make thick glaze. Transfer to bowl. (Mole and glaze can be made 3 days ahead. Cover separately and chill.)
• Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Rewarm mole. Spread chipotle glaze thinly over both sides of chicken breasts. Sprinkle chicken generously with salt. Grill until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to plates. Spoon mole over each. Crumble reserved ancho chile piece; sprinkle over chicken. Garnish with cilantro sprigs and lime.
• *Dried ancho chiles and chipotle chiles canned in a spicy tomato sauce, sometimes called adobo, are available at Latin American markets, specialty foods stores, and some supermarkets.

CREAMY PUMPKIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir shallots until soft, about 10 minutes. Add butter and allow to melt. Whisk flour into butter mixture until incorporated. Stir cream, salt, and cinnamon into butter mixture and continue whisking until incorporated, about 2 minutes.
• Mix pumpkin and 1/2 cup chicken broth into cream mixture, adding more broth, 1/4 cup at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Simmer sauce until desired consistency is reached, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir sage and thyme into sauce.

CHRISTINA'S PUMPKIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook until translucent, about 7 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add sausage; cook and stir for 5 more minutes. Add chicken broth and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Stir in pumpkin puree, sour cream, milk, cream cheese, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom until well blended. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with pepper.

CHICKEN IN PUMPKIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Start on a medium temperature.
• In a large pot (I have an electric deep sided frying pan), add the applesauce, garlic and pumpkin together.
• Add just enough apple juice to loosen the sauce to coat the back of a spoon lightly.
• Season with salt.
• Heat thoroughly, adjusting seasoning according to taste.
• Add meat and simmer on low until heated all the way through.
• Serve with your choice of potato, noodle or rice, vegetable and of course some nice multi-grain bread to wipe up all that yummy sauce!