I feel that I need to write about this because it's such a constant force in my life when I go to India. There is this chicken dish that the restaurant in the hotel serves called "char grilled half country chicken". I discovered it at the very end of my first trip here in 2007. Tonight, as I was dining on this delicious delicacy again, I was estimating how many times I've had it in the 3 trips to India - I think I hit 30 tonight and I never get tired of it.
I've had a lot of chicken dishes in my day and very few are memorable. This one, for whatever reason, is, and I feel would be whether I was in India or back in the US. It's a perfect balance of a deboned, small, half chicken that is butterflied and pan seared with rosemary, thyme, fresh parsley, and a little garlic, then roasted. It's served on top of some perfectly-roasted baby Yukon gold potatoes and pan-seared mixed vegetables. A thin Thanksgiving-style brown gravy is drizzled on the chicken right before serving. I don't think words do it justice - it's that good!
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You should host a show on the Food Network. You'd be a natural host.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree. I really like chicken, generally more than beef but not as much as pork, and this is probably the best chicken dish i've ever had. It doesn't jump out as the the most exciting but it's just perfectly delicous in a way that you're pretty much always in the mood for.
ReplyDeleteIt's so delicious - I think I'm going to order it again tonight. Andrew, I'd love to be a Food Network host - what can I do that doesn't involve actually cooking? :-)
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