Cinnamon Chicken

Name: Cinnamon Chicken
Ingredients: 1 halal chicken; 1 ground cinnamon; 1 salt; 1 black pepper; 1 ground cumin; 1 butter; 1 tomato paste; 1 cilantro, finely chopped; 1 paprika; 1 chopped parsley; 1 olive oil; 1 water; 1 lemon juice; 1 cooking twine

14 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 halal chicken
1 ground cinnamon
1 salt
1 black pepper
1 ground cumin
1 butter
1 tomato paste
1 cilantro, finely chopped
1 paprika
1 chopped parsley
1 olive oil
1 water
1 lemon juice
1 cooking twine

Directions

1

Rinse the chicken inside and out and set aside.
2

In a large bowl add the ingredients together and stir well creating a cream base.
3

Once you've finished on that move onto the chicken and create pockets on the breast.
4

Slash the legs and create pockets.
5

Place the mixture inside all the open pockets and around the outer parr of the chicken, massaging the spices and flavours all over.
6

Place the chicken into a container and seal it and let marinate for two hours.
7

Place the chicken into a roaster and add water into the bottom.
8

The optional part is to tie the chicken and then bake it.
9

Bake at 350, for two hours max, use a meat thermometer to test the meat.