Two family favourites, two very different kitchens
Family chicken recipes
Cook two distinctive family chicken recipes: Dave’s creamy Indian butter chicken and Auntie Marcia’s pineapple-infused Jamaican jerk chicken.
From the Living Cookbook
Dave’s butter chicken and Auntie Marcia’s jerk chicken show how one ingredient can carry completely different family traditions. One is finished with butter and cream; the other is marinated with Scotch bonnet, allspice, lime and pineapple juice.
Both pages give you the complete method, practical cooking notes and the family memory that brought the recipe to OPR.
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Indian · New Malden, England
Dave's Butter Chicken
I learned this from my Indian mother-in-law and tweaked it a little by replacing the tinned tomatoes with passata for a smoother, richer taste. I have cooked it in…
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Jamaican · Birmingham, England
Auntie Marcia's Pineapple-Infused Jamaican Jerk Chicken
Auntie Marcia made her Jamaican Jerk Chicken with that sweet and sour sauce that was finger lickin' good.
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