Ingredients
Red Chile Oil:
- 1 cup pure olive oil
- 2 dried New Mexico chile peppers (available at specialty markets), stemmed and seeded
- 1/2 teaspoon dried chile de arbol (available at specialty markets)
- 1 teaspoon ancho chile powder (available at specialty markets)
Directions
Place all ingredients in a blender and puree. Strain through a fine strainer. May be refrigerated up to 3 days. Serve at room temperature.
Yield: 1 cup
- Vegetable, canola, or peanut oil, for frying
- 1 (3 to 4 pound) whole chicken, cut up into 8 pieces
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon good quality curry powder
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Mango-Yogurt Sauce, recipe follows
- Asparagus with Red Chile Oil, recipe follows
Heat 1 inch of oil in a large, deep cast iron skillet over high heat to 350 degrees F.
Season chicken well on both sides with salt and pepper. Place the flour in a brown paper bag, add 1 tablespoon of salt, 2 teaspoons black pepper, curry powder, and cayenne pepper, and shake to combine.
Add the chicken 3 pieces at a time to the bag, and shake well to coat each piece with the flour. Put them on a rack when you have finished.
Slowly add the chicken pieces to the hot pan skin-side down. Cover the skillet and reduce the heat to medium high and cook for 7 minutes, remove the cover, turn the chicken over and continue to cook for 6 to 7 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through. Drain on paper towels and transfer to a platter and drizzle with Mango-Yogurt sauce or serve alongside. Serve with Asparagus with Red Chile Oil.
Mango-Yogurt Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion, finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons good quality curry powder
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 cups plain yogurt
- 1 ripe mango, peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Heat olive oil in a small saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook until soft. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute longer. Add the curry powder and water and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature.
Place the yogurt, mango, onion mixture and lime juice in a food processor and process until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
Asparagus with Red Chile Oil:
- 1 pound asparagus, trimmed
- 1/4 cup red chile oil, recipe follows
- Salt
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Toss asparagus with oil and season with salt. Roast for 8 to 10 minutes or until just cooked through.

















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By purplelion21jen...
Fergus Falls, MN
on April 08, 2009
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I have made this recipe a few times and love the yogurt sauce. It is good on anything. (I put it on mixed greens for a great alternative to dressing Make sure to season chicken with salt and pepper to avoid blandness, and this dish is a winner! My kids like it too which really says something
By smilehatteras_5...
cary, NC
on April 25, 2006
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this dish would be packed with flavor, is wasn't. very blah. just felt like something was missing.
By lee.hutton_4602173
Saint Marys, GA
on January 22, 2006
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The recipie was easy to make, but the flavor quality that came out of the mixture of curry, yogart, and mango was not very delicious at all. My wife and I both hated it. The asparagus on the other hand was very very good, the asparagus by itself was at least ****!
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