Recipe for Peri Peri Rubbed Grilled Chicken with Citrus Pimento

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Ingredients

  • 250 gms chicken breast
  • For the marinade
  • 30 gms smoked chili paste
  • 10 gms peri peri chili
  • 30 ml olive oil
  • 15 gms roasted garlic paste
  • 5 gms basil
  • 15 gms Tabasco
  • 5 gms salt
  • 5 gms black pepper

For the sauce

  • 50 ml chicken jus (brown 250 gms chicken bones. Then add 300 ml chicken stock, 100
  • ml red wine, 50 gms tomato puree, 20 gms mixed herbs and reduce by half)
  • 10 gms red bell peppers
  • 10 gms yellow bell peppers

For the sides

  • 10 gms lettuce (iceberg/lollorosso/ arugula)
  • 10 gms onion (sliced)
  • 10 ml honey mustard dressing (10 gms grain mustard, 20 ml olive oil, 15 ml white wine  vinegar and 5 ml honey)
  • 250 gms potatoes
  • 5 gms salt, 50 ml milk
  • 15 gms butter

Method

  • Trim the chicken breast. Mix all the ingredients for the marinade in a bowl. Add the chicken breast to the marinade and leave for an hour. In the meantime, peel the potatoes and boil them. Once cooked, pass it through a sieve.
  • Place the sieved potatoes in a pan and add milk and butter.
  • Mash it, adjust the seasoning and keep aside. Wash and clean the lettuce and refrigerate it along with the sliced onions.
  • For the honey mustard dressing, mix all ingredients with a whisk and refrigerate. Finally, grill the chicken breast and finish it in a pre-heated oven for fifteen minutes at 180° C. Once the chicken is cooked, arrange it on a plate with the sides and pour the chicken jus over it.
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