Chilli coconut chicken with cucumber rice salad

Recipes / Salads

This Asian style chicken on fragrant rice is a fresh and tasty idea for weekday dinners.

Recipe «Chilli coconut chicken with cucumber rice salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 50 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 eschalots, peeled, chopped, 1 long red chilli, chopped, 1 lemongrass stalk, trimmed, bruised, chopped, 2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, chopped, 2 garlic cloves, chopped , 1 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tbsp lime juice, 2 tbsp fish sauce , 165ml can coconut cream, 4 chicken thigh cutlets, 2 tbsp Alfa One rice bran oil, 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar, 1 tsp caster sugar, 2 1/3 cups cooked rice, 1 continental cucumber, halved lengthways, sliced diagonally, 125g cherry tomatoes, halved.

Ingredients:

  • 2 eschalots, peeled, chopped 
  • 1 long red chilli, chopped 
  • 1 lemongrass stalk, trimmed, bruised, chopped 
  • 2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, chopped 
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped 
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar 
  • 1 tbsp lime juice 
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce 
  • 165ml can coconut cream 
  • 4 chicken thigh cutlets 
  • 2 tbsp Alfa One rice bran oil 
  • 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar 
  • 1 tsp caster sugar 
  • 2 1/3 cups cooked rice 
  • 1 continental cucumber, halved lengthways, sliced diagonally 
  • 125g cherry tomatoes, halved 
  • 1 long red chilli, thinly sliced 
  • 1/2 cup torn fresh mint leaves 

Instructions

  1. Place eschalot, chilli, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, brown sugar, lime juice and fish sauce in a small food processor. Process until almost smooth. Transfer to a glass or ceramic dish. Add coconut cream. Stir to combine. Add chicken. Turn to coat. Cover. Refrigerate overnight, if time permits. 2 Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan-forced. Place chicken in a baking dish. Roast for 40 to 50 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
  2. Meanwhile make Cucumber rice salad: Place oil, vinegar and sugar in a small bowl. Stir until sugar has dissolved. Place rice, cucumber, tomato, chilli and mint in a bowl. Drizzle with dressing. Toss until well combined. Top with chicken. Serve.