Regional Flavours

Asian Chicken Salad

This delicious recipe is by Matt Preston from Ten's MasterChef Australia.

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Ingredients

 
For the thighs:
 
cleaned roots and stems of 1 bunch of coriander
2
garlic cloves
1 tbsp
peanut oil
 
juice and zest of 1 lime
4
chicken thighs (about 600g), skin off.
 
 
For the salad:
1
bunch red radishes, topped and tailed
1
large daikon radish, topped and tailed
2
small green mangoes or 1 crisp green apple
1
long cucumber, peeled and deseeded
1
bunch coriander, leaves picked
1
bunch mint, leaves picked
1
bunch Thai basil, leaves picked (optional)
 
 
For the dressing:
2 tbsp
fish sauce
 
juice of 4 limes
1
red chili, finely diced
60g
palm sugar

Method

For the thighs

Blend the coriander, garlic, oil and lime together until they become a paste

Spoon the paste into a large zip lock bag with the chicken thighs

Seal the bag and massage it until the thighs are well coated

Leave it for at least 30 minutes to infuse

Heat your BBQ. You want it hot!

Sear the chicken on the grill for 10 minutes

Now drop the heat, or, if your BBQ has a lid, move the chook off the direct hear and close the lid of your BBQ

Cook the tights gently like this for 20 minutes

Now crank up the head again and get some good charry bar markings on the meat

Remove when just cooked through and rest the chicken thighs.

For the salad

Cut the red radishes into quarters or eights depending on their size

Place in a bowl with cold water and a good handful of ice cubes to firm up

Finely julienne the daikon and green mango (or apple) and the cucumber. Place in the salad bowl

Add the herb leaves to the salad bowl

Drain and add the radishes and the sliced grilled thighs. Dress with the dressing.

For the dressing

Mix the fish sauce, lime juice and chilli.

Add a little sugar at a time to balance the saltiness of the fish sauce and the sourness of the lime juice. You may not need it all

Sweet, sour, salty is the mix we’re looking for, in the order of prominence.

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