
Yoghurt Braised Chicken Drumsticks
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Ingredients
Chicken:
- 8 chicken drumsticks, pat dried
- 500ml chicken stock
- 200g natural yogurt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, finely grated
- 3cm piece ginger, peeled and finely grated
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- ½ teaspoon sweet paprika
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- Lemon wedges
Chickpea Salad:
- 400g can chickpeas
- 1 cup mint and parsley, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Sea salt and pepper
Garlic Yogurt Sauce:
- 500g Greek yogurt
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- Zest of 1 whole large lemon
- Sea salt and pepper
To Serve:
- 1 red onion, finely sliced
- Lebanese bread (gluten free option)
Gluten Free & Dairy Free if using Vegan yogurt as option
Method
- Generously season the chicken drumsticks with sea salt and pepper. In a wide based pot, fry chicken on all sides until golden.
- Add to the chicken, the garlic, ginger, cumin, turmeric, coriander, paprika and stir for a further minute until the spices are fragrant, then add the yogurt. Stir to combine well and season with sea salt and pepper.
- Pour in the chicken stock – enough that the chicken is mostly submerged. Bring to boil and then reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 1 hour, uncovered. The yogurt will look curdled when cooking – this is normal.
- In the meantime, make the garlic yogurt sauce by adding to a bowl the ingredients. Mix to combine well, cover and refrigerate until needed.
- Drain the chickpeas, and combine with the herbs, olive oil and seasoning. Set aside.
- Divide garlic yogurt sauce between 4 plates, top with the chicken and drizzle over some of the braising sauce. Finally scatter a few tablespoons of the chickpea salad over the chicken and yogurt and serve with wedges of lemon, slices of onion and Lebanese bread.
Suggestion: Cut a Lebanese bread in half and spread some garlic yogurt sauce onto it. Then top it with a few chunks of chicken, a couple of tablespoons of chickpea salad and a drizzle of the chicken sauce. Roll up and enjoy.