Marinated Chicken with Honey and Ginger served with a Mango Salsa
– How to Cheat

This is a cheat's version of a very popular recipe we serve in the restaurant at the football club. Whilst the chefs are adept at peeling and slicing mangoes what we are going to do is buy a tin of Marks and Spencer’s extremely brilliant ready-prepared sliced mangoes and our two other heroes this week are Peppadew prepared peppers and Blue Dragon chilli dipping sauce so no fad and fiddle here either. If you can think far enough ahead it’s even better if it’s marinated overnight.

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 part-boned chicken breasts, skin on

For the marinade:

1 tablespoon clear honey
1 teaspoon freshly grated root ginger
1 tablespoon Blue Dragon Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce
½ lime, zest and juice
5 fl oz (150 ml) white wine

For the salsa:

4 oz (110 g) Marks and Spencer tinned drained mango
1 oz (25 g) Peppadew mild spicy peppers (from a jar)
1 or ½ small red onion
1 tablespoon Blue Dragon Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce
1 tablespoon coriander leaves
½ lime, grated zest and juice

Begin by making 2 cuts in each chicken breast, about ¼ inch (5 mm) deep then put the chicken in a bowl. After that mix all the marinade ingredients, except for the wine, together and then pour this over the chicken, making sure it is well coated all round. Now cover the bowl with clingfilm and leave aside for a couple of hours.

Meanwhile, put the salsa ingredients into a mini chopper and pulse several times until evenly chopped (or chop small by hand).

When you are ready to cook the chicken pre-heat the oven to gas mark 7, 425°F (220°C ). Put it into a heatproof baking dish, and drizzle with a tablespoon of the marinade juices. Bake on a high shelf for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

Towards the end of the cooking time, put the remaining marinade juices and the white wine into a small saucepan, bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes to make a sauce.

Serve the chicken with some of the hot sauce poured over it and some salsa on the side. Garnish with scattered coriander leaves.

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