Name: Cheesy Chicken ( Baked vs roasted ) recipe by Swathi Joshnaa Sathish at BetterButter
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 17 min
Total time: 57 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Chicken thighs 4; Cottage cheese grated 1 cup; Ricotta cheese 2 tablespoons or as preferred; Processed salted cheese 1/4 cup; White pepper powder 1.5 tablespoon; Ginger garlic paste 1 tablespoon; Chaat masala powder 1 tablespoon; Dried fenugreek leaves/ Kasuri methi crushed a fistful; Whole black pepper roughly crushed 2 tablespoons; Yellow capsicum medium 1/2; Green capsicum strips medium 1/2; Lemon 1; Butter 2 tablespoons

Ingredients Serving: 4

Chicken thighs 4
Cottage cheese grated 1 cup
Ricotta cheese 2 tablespoons or as preferred
Processed salted cheese 1/4 cup
White pepper powder 1.5 tablespoon
Ginger garlic paste 1 tablespoon
Chaat masala powder 1 tablespoon
Dried fenugreek leaves/ Kasuri methi crushed a fistful
Whole black pepper roughly crushed 2 tablespoons
Yellow capsicum medium 1/2
Green capsicum strips medium 1/2
Lemon 1
Butter 2 tablespoons

Instructions

Take 1 cup grated cottage cheese , 2 tablespoons ricotta cheese in a bowl .
Add required processed cheese triangles .
Mash the cheeses well . Add 1.5 tablespoons white pepper powder .
Add 1 tablespoon chaat masala powder .
Add a fistful crushed dried fenugreek leaves / kasuri methi .
Add 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste . Mix all together to a sticky paste .
Make deep cuts on the chicken thighs as shown .
Stuff the cheesy paste inside the deep cuts . Stuff well for a rich taste .
Similarly stuff and coat on the remaining thighs as well .
Marinate cheese stuffed thighs in the remaining cheese along with green, yellow capsicum strips for
20 minutes . Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a pan .
Place the marinated chicken thighs with capsicums and marinade to the hot butter.
Pan sear the thighs in high for 5 minutes . Needn’t cook .
Transfer few pan seared thighs to a greased baking tray .
Cover and bake in a preheated wok for 15 minutes in medium to high . Preheating time is 10 minutes.
Reserve the rest ( thighs ) for roasting . Maintain a medium flame .
Chicken is roasted . Add a tablespoon roughly crushed black pepper .
Likewise add pepper to the baked chicken .
Squeeze lemon on the roasted chicken .
Likewise squeeze lemon on the baked chicken .
Baked Cheesy Chicken is ready .
Serve hot .
Pan roasted cheesy chicken is also ready . Enjoy these two cheesy chicken varieties .

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