Firecracker chicken with cavolo Nero rice

Name: Firecracker chicken with cavolo Nero rice
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Cuisine: Asian, American
Ingredients: Chicken 1.75-2kg; 2-3 limes; 1 tbsp chilli oil; 1 tbsp rapeseed oil; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 1/2 tbsp tamarind paste; 4 tbsp bbq sauce; 240g white rice; 1 tbsp sesame oil; 2 garlic cloves sliced; 3cm root ginger, cut into matchsticks; 120g shiitake mushrooms; 200g cavolo Nero tough stalks removed and roughly shredded; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 tsp white sesame seeds

3 steps

Prep:30minCook:1h 50min

Danny rates 9/10. Rice missing something, will either add shallot/sweet onion or cook with veg stock cube. Chicken was tasty but dry, will cook a litlle less next time. Get ahead Make the sauce and prepare the chicken up to 24 hrs ahead, cover and chill. Leftover roast chicken can be kept chilled for up to 3 days. NUTRITIONAL INFO 734cals: 23g fat (5g sat fat); 749 protein: 3g fibre: 56g carbs; 79 total sugars: 2.5g salt

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:46:16 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories1002.6 kcal (50%)

Total Fat54.8 g (78%)

Carbs63.6 g (24%)

Sugars8.4 g (9%)

Protein60.4 g (121%)

Sodium697.1 mg (35%)

Fiber4.2 g (15%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

For the chicken

1.75kgChicken

2limes

1 Tbspchilli oil

1 Tbsprapeseed oil

1 Tbsplight soy sauce

1 Tbspoyster sauce

½ Tbsptamarind paste

4 Tbspbbq sauce

For the rice

240gwhite rice

3cm, cut into matchsticks

120gshiitake mushrooms

200gcavolo Nero

tough stalks removed and roughly shredded

1 Tbsplight soy sauce

1 tspwhite sesame seeds

Instructions

Step 1

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4 and put the chicken in a roasting tin with the lime halves. Mix all of the sauce ingredients together in a bowl. Carefully slide your hands underneath the skin of the chicken, lifting it away from the breast and taking care not to tear the skin. Spoon a third of the sauce into this pocket then rub it all over the breast. Season the skin lightly with salt and roast for 55 minutes.

Step 2

2. Remove the chicken from the oven

Step 3

to rest for 10 minutes.