Calabrian Chili Chicken with Caper Raita

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      1 hr 30

Appears in
Third Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New Generation

By Zaynab Issa

Published 2025

  • About

Yogurt marination is a tried-and-true South Asian technique for succulent and juicy chicken. The acidic quality of yogurt helps to tenderize and relax the proteins in chicken (and other meats, too, for that matter), making it the perfect vehicle to carry bold flavors.

The yogurt-marinated chicken dishes I grew up on featured a myriad of spices along with garlic and ginger paste. This recipe borrows on that idea, but instead of opening up every spice jar in the cabinet, I reach for o