chicken

wicked chicken with coleslaw

servings
4

method

Preheat your oven to 200ºC/400ºF/gas 6. Mix the chicken with the lemon zest and juice, the sliced chili and the garlic, and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cover and leave to marinate for half an hour.

Peel the carrots, throw away the peel and then keep stripping until you get a pile of carrot ribbons. Slice the cabbage as finely as you can with a sharp knife. Place the carrot and cabbage in a bowl with the sliced onion, the mayonnaise and the mustard. Mix well and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Place the chicken thighs on a tray, skin side up, and bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until the skin is crispy and the meat’s cooked through.

Take the chicken thighs out of the oven, leave to cool slightly until you can handle them and then pull the bone out of the middle (you might need a little knife to do this).

Toast the halved rolls under a hot grill or in the oven, and fill with rocket salad and a chicken thigh. Serve with the coleslaw and tuck in!

Tip: If you don’t like the idea of cutting out the bone, buy your chicken thighs ready boned.

ingredients

for the sandwich:
• 4 chicken thighs, preferably higher welfare
• zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 1 red chilli, halved, deseeded and thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 4 fresh rolls, halved

for the coleslaw:
• 2 carrots
• small white cabbage, outer leaves torn off, cut into 4 wedges
• 1 small onion, peeled and very finely sliced
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon grainy mustard
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• a handful of rocket

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1. by Nikki on Wed 04 Apr 2012 @ 22:19

This coleslaw rocks, it's really awesome, soooo tasty

2. by Shaz on Tue 14 Jun 2011 @ 14:27

I'm trying this out tonight :D Rocket Salad? Basically it's a green leaf-you'd put them in salads, or if you haven't seen any in salads, rocket is used in sandwiches as well (I've usually seen them in crayfish sandwiches) but yeah, that's it... :)

3. by Haley on Wed 08 Jun 2011 @ 15:38

This sounds delightful! Im a little nervous about the coleslaw though, I have 3 picky eaters to feed.

4. by Ellen on Wed 30 Mar 2011 @ 16:17

Rocket is arugula.

5. by Death_2_CFR_Neocons on Tue 29 Mar 2011 @ 00:28

Rocket salad is a green, leafy, salad vegetable. You can buy the seed and grow it yourself. ROCKET is a little tamer in flavor than WILD ROCKET, which you can also grow from seed. Seeds should be locally available, or, look to the internet, including, eBay for seeds.

6. by Jayu on Mon 28 Mar 2011 @ 23:37

Yes, what is "rocket salad"?

7. by dave on Mon 28 Mar 2011 @ 18:25

"fill with rocket salad and a chicken thigh" Sorry to be dense, but what is "rocket salad"?

8. by Hiya on Mon 28 Mar 2011 @ 12:19

HI JAMIE MY FRIEND TABATAH LOVES YOU

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