Roast Chicken With Spiced Yogurt

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs broiler-fryer chickens
• 1/2 teaspoon water
• 1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
• 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1/4 cup water

Recipe

• 1 rinse chicken and pat dry.
• 2 fold chicken wings across back so that the tipe touch.
• 3 tie or skewer the drumsticks to its tail.
• 4 place the chicken in a latge glass bowl.
• 5 mix the 1/2 teaspoon water and gound mustard in a small bowl.
• 6 stir in remaining ingredients except 1/4 cup water.
• 7 pour over chicken.
• 8 cover and refrigerate at least 12 hours, but no more than 24.
• 9 heat oven to 375.
• 10 remove chicken from marinade, reserve the marinade.
• 11 place the chicken on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
• 12 roast chicken 1 hour or more, until juices run clear.
• 13 spoon the reserved marinade over the chicken when it has 30 minutes left to cook.
• 14 remove chicken from the roasting pan, and keep it warm.
• 15 stir the 1/4 cup water in the pan drippings, and heat until hot.
• 16 remove and discard the skin from the chicken.
• 17 serve the meat with the sauce.