Prakash K. Sivanathan, Niranjala M. Ellawala

Spicy Baked Chicken

Name: Spicy Baked Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: ½ tbsp ground cumin; ½ tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 5 black peppercorns; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp sugar (white or brown); 1 tbsp sugar (white or brown); 1 tbsp sugar (white or brown); 6 tbsp oil; juice of ½ lime; 1 tsp salt; ½ medium onion, cut into quarters; 8 chicken thighs; 1.5 cm (½-inch) piece of ginger, peeled; 5 garlic cloves; 4 tbsp tomato sauce (ketchup); 4 tbsp tomato sauce (ketchup); 2 bay leaves; 1 tbsp chilli powder

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sri Lanka

By Prakash K. Sivanathan and Niranjala M. Ellawala

Published 2017

About

The method here couldn’t be simpler: whizz together all the ingredients, marinate the chicken, then bake. It’s ideal for a midweek dinner, served with a punchy pickle and plain rice. Ovens are actually a relatively recent addition to Sri Lankan homes. All cooking used to be done over heat, so this is a fairly new idea – a Westernisation of a traditional dish.

Ingredients

Asia
Sri Lanka
Dinner
Spicy

Ingredients

Method