It is that time again….Secret Recipe Club Reveal Day! Don’t know what Secret Recipe Club is? Go check it out here! Amanda puts so much work into coordinating this fun event each month. Thanks Amanda, you do a wonderful job!
This month I was assigned I Was Born To Cook. Melissa has an amazing blog! I had never seen her site before, but now I am so glad I found it! Melissa was born and raised in New Jersey, but comes from a Greek/Italian family. I think her tag line says it all “A journal of recipes, stories and more from the kitchen of a 1st generation Italian/Greek girl from New Jersey.” I immediately decided I was going to try something Greek. I had a really hard time picking; there were so many great looking Greek, Italian and Desserts recipes. But I stuck to my guns, and went Greek. And I guarantee I will be trying more of her recipes soon.
I finally decided on this Greek Cinnamon Stewed Chicken. I must say, I loved this chicken. Cinnamon is the Greek twist here for sure. I hardly ever use cinnamon in savory dishes. My husband didn’t like this as much as I did, but he ate a large piece, so he must not have had that many problems with it! The recipe calls for skin on, bone in chicken. I only had boneless skinless chicken breasts, but I think it worked well. It was still crispy on the outside, and moist and juicy on the inside. The sauce was amazing! I liked it so much, I put it on my couscous too!
Melissa got this recipe here by Cat Cora. Being that I am not experienced with this type of cuisine, I did not make any changes to the recipe (well, aside from the kind of chicken I used). I cut down on the amount of chicken I was making, because only two of us were eating it. But I made the full amount of the sauce. I had some leftover, but it was so good I am glad I made more than enough of it!
I have never used cinnamon in a savory dish. My sister in law makes pastichio? I think with lamb and cinnamon that is pretty good.
ReplyDeleteWhat a hearty meal you chose. I will be definitely visiting her blog to get some ideas.
ReplyDeleteCinnamon complements the meat really good I think, we use it in meatballs sometimes.
Ah, great choice! Glad you liked it. And Annie Oakley, I have a pastitsio recipe in my blog (family recipe)...we love Greek food in this house :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks fantastic! I love Greek food and will have to try this out. Great choice for the SRC.
ReplyDeleteThis looks absoultely delicious. Thank you to Melissa for the recipe and great job Erin for featuring it!!
ReplyDeleteWe have a Meditteranean background so cinnamon is used in many dishes including chicken and even chicken soup! Great SRC choice.
ReplyDeleteIt looks delish! I wonder if my kids would like this? Hmmm
ReplyDeleteThis chicken sounds amazing! Never would have thought to add cinnamon, but I like the idea a lot.
ReplyDeleteAwesome secret recipe! Looks fabulous. Love the use of cinnamon :) Buzzed!
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome and we like extra sauce so I would go with your proportions.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my SRC recipe this month: Levain Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies.
Lisa~~
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This looks delicious! Great SRC choice.
ReplyDeleteCheck out my SRC post if you like
http://theslowroasteditalian.blogspot.com/2011/10/low-calorie-greek-baked-eggs.html
Great flavors, Erin. This is totally different that anything that I would think of. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I never would have put cinnamon on chicken, but now that I think about it, I bet it's incredible. Great SRC pick!
ReplyDeleteYum! Glad you got to try this, its one of our household favorites! There is a super easy version of it on my blog too, if you're interested :) Its titled Kapama chicken. Cinnamon tomato sauce is so so so good!
ReplyDeleteI also usually don't use cinnamon in savory dishes but this looks awesome. Great SCR choice!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting idea! I have never used cinnamon like that before
ReplyDeleteThis chicken dish sounds fantastic! I'm always looking for new ways to make chicken, and this one sounds like a keeper! :)
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Cinnamon and chicken. I'd would be a huge skeptic had I not seen you droolworthy pics! I think I'm gonna have to branch out and give this a shot :)
ReplyDeleteI never use cinnamon in savory dishes either, I think I'll need to change that soon!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great dish to pick from Melissa's blog. This chicken sounds delicious! I need to get in on this secret recipe club. xx
ReplyDeleteI can't WAIT for my secret recipe post!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting combo of flavours; never thought cinnamon was Greek!
ReplyDeleteYummy this looks delicious Erin!! Perfect SRC post! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an unusual combo of flavors! It looks really good though! Great pick!
ReplyDeleteI actually have that Cat Cora recipe bookmarked! How funny. Now I really need to make it, sounds amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt looks delicious! I'm 17 days away from being a six month old blog....and then I'm going to apply! SO excited!
ReplyDeletei like your pictures and would like to invite you to share some of them on tastingspot.com
ReplyDeleteErin...that chicken is beautiful! It looks so rich and savory! Gorgeous sauce. I am a huge fan of cinnamon in savory cooking! Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a great dinner! Anything from Cat Cora is gotta be good!
ReplyDeleteGreat SRC choice! I am having so much fun discovering new blogs through the SRC!
ReplyDeleteErin...
ReplyDeletethe sauce looks delicious and the boneless and skinless chicken will make this dish even healtier... great job!
buzzed and congratz for the "best new blog" award nominee... & for sure I 'll vote YOU!! ;)
*wishes the best*
Ooooo. I love using Cinnamon in savory dishes but have never seen this recipe before. I have GOT to try this one, Erin. It sounds awesome!
ReplyDeleteLooks fantastic! I don't think I have ever used cinnamon in a savory dish before, but after seeing your chicken I want to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteMy husband would say that I *have* to make this, because he loves cinnamon in savory dishes. Great choice!
ReplyDeleteYummy, looks great!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy Cooking!
Fabulous choice in recipe! This looks like something my whole family would enjoy. I just want to spoon that sauce off the chicken in that photo. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI've never really put cinnamon in my savory dishes either, but this looks like a nice chicken dish. I also don't cook enough Greek food... I need to venture out!
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