For those of you who might have tried my "almost too simple" recipe of
dumping a packet of dry ranch dressing to chicken breasts in a vacuum
jar, shaking and vacuuming for a couple days, here's another suggestion
that's worked for us in the past.

Indian (as in India) cooking frequently uses a spice blend called
Masala, with Garam Masala being a spicier version. If you visit an
Indian or Pakistani grocery store, there are many brands and it's sold
in anything from bulk bags to cardboard containers. It has no sugar
that would add calories, and I've never noticed any salt, either.

For a diabetic or someone on a salt restricted diet, the stuff is great
to use like the dry Ranch salad dressing mix. Put chicken parts into a
large vacuum container, dump in 2-3 tablespoons of Garam Masala (you can
also experiment with Curry) and shake the heck out of it. Pull a
vacuum, and then shake every 4-6 hours to make sure the juice/gravy
coats the meat. In a couple days, you can grill the chicken parts and
it's pretty darned good.

Unlike the Ranch mix, which we've just used on skin free breasts to
date, we do the Garam Masala with about all the chicken parts,
especially drumsticks and thighs. Somehow, it seems to taste better to
us on dark meat then white, but who knows.

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On 30-Oct-2007, Nonnymus wrote:

For those of you who might have tried my "almost too simple" recipe of
dumping a packet of dry ranch dressing to chicken breasts in a vacuum
jar, shaking and vacuuming for a couple days, here's another suggestion
that's worked for us in the past.

Indian (as in India) cooking frequently uses a spice blend called
Masala, with Garam Masala being a spicier version. If you visit an
Indian or Pakistani grocery store, there are many brands and it's sold
in anything from bulk bags to cardboard containers. It has no sugar
that would add calories, and I've never noticed any salt, either.

For a diabetic or someone on a salt restricted diet, the stuff is great
to use like the dry Ranch salad dressing mix. Put chicken parts into a
large vacuum container, dump in 2-3 tablespoons of Garam Masala (you can
also experiment with Curry) and shake the heck out of it. Pull a
vacuum, and then shake every 4-6 hours to make sure the juice/gravy
coats the meat. In a couple days, you can grill the chicken parts and
it's pretty darned good.

Unlike the Ranch mix, which we've just used on skin free breasts to
date, we do the Garam Masala with about all the chicken parts,
especially drumsticks and thighs. Somehow, it seems to taste better to
us on dark meat then white, but who knows.

--
---Nonnymus---

I've bitched enough about the use of the word "Curry" without further
explanation so I won't do it again here. Suffice it to say that Garam
Masala is a common curry base (starting point). The Garam Masala
that I have is Corriander, Cumin, Ginger, Red Chilli, Cloves, Cinnamon
and Bay Leaves. (Yes Rosco, Chilli is spelled with two L's. You will
see it spelled like that on a lot of Indian products.)

I think I would not like this mix on my chicken. Cloves just don't go
with chicken for my palate.

--
Brick(Youth is wasted on young people)

"Brick" wrote:
On 30-Oct-2007, Nonnymus wrote:
[ . . . ]
I've bitched enough about the use of the word "Curry" without further
explanation so I won't do it again here. Suffice it to say that Garam
Masala is a common curry base (starting point). The Garam Masala
that I have is Corriander, Cumin, Ginger, Red Chilli, Cloves, Cinnamon
and Bay Leaves. (Yes Rosco, Chilli is spelled with two L's. You will
see it spelled like that on a lot of Indian products.)

Funny. There is no "Curry" in Curry (Yes, Howard, there is a Curry tree.)
Sri Lankans use it in their cooking, I don't know about Indrans.

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