Chicken Caffreal

Name: Chicken Caffreal
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 1/3 cup roughly chopped fresh ginger; 5 tablespoons minced garlic; 5 whole long green chili peppers; 4 teaspoons tamarind concentrate; 4 tablespoons cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons turmeric; 2 teaspoons black pepper; 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce; 1 teaspoon salt; 6 tablespoons tomato juice; 2 tablespoons sugar; 4 tablespoons corn oil; 4 tablespoons rum; 3 whole chicken breasts with wing bone; 2 large tomatoes, chopped; 1 medium-sized onion, sliced

By Elaine Louie

Updated Oct. 12, 2023

Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Prep Time: 3 hours
Cook Time: 30 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:6 servings

⅓cup roughly chopped fresh ginger
5tablespoons minced garlic
5whole long green chili peppers
4teaspoons tamarind concentrate
4tablespoons cider vinegar
2tablespoons turmeric
2teaspoons black pepper
2tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1teaspoon salt
6tablespoons tomato juice
2tablespoons sugar
4tablespoons corn oil
4tablespoons rum
3whole chicken breasts with wing bone
2large tomatoes, chopped
1medium-sized onion, sliced

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Preparation

Step 1
Using mortar and pestle or a food processor, grind or process to a paste the ginger, garlic, chili peppers, tamarind and vinegar.
Step 2
Add to the ginger mixture the turmeric, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, salt, tomato juice, sugar, oil, and rum. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
Step 3
Rub the chickens inside and out with the marinade and refrigerate 1½ to 2 hours, or overnight.
Step 4
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put the chicken and all the marinade in a roasting pan and bake 8 minutes; then sprinkle tomatoes and onion over and around the chicken. Occasionally stir onions and tomatoes with sauce and cook chicken 30 minutes total or until done. Cut along backbone and pull each half breast off bone. Discard bones. Serve with marinade, tomatoes and onions.