The McNarland Contribution to the Easter Feast

Fantastic feast! Yesterday I roasted 5 chicken breasts with olive oil, white and black pepper, and Alder Smoked Sea Salt (just to try it out). I cut a little piece off of one as I was puttering and then made Meag taste it, we then stood there and ate one of the breasts a chunk at a time. It was amazing and much harder than it should have been to put the other 4 away for the next day.

This afternoon, I made Meaghan's Chicken Curry recipe using the new Madras curry powder from Epicure. Food has no business being that shade of yellow. Dredge the chicken pieces in flour, curry powder and cumin then saute them till they're done. Pull them out of the pan and deglaze using equal parts chicken stock and orange juice. Add a couple of tablespoons of mango chutney and boil it till it's thickened. Whisk in some sour cream, add the chicken back and heat it all up. I'd like to add a little fresh cilantro next time.

After I wrapped it up, Meag went in and used the roasted chicken breasts to make her Chicken Kormadoori again (a good recipe has to be repeatable and she totally pulled it off). I'll get her to post the recipe.

Now I'm going to harass Erin until she posts her side of things although I may return to wax rhapsodic about the chicken and spinach.