Tequila Chicken with Grapefruit Salad

The wonderful flavours of Mexico, Tequila, chilli and coriander marry unbelievably well in this home-style dish.

Serves 2

Ingredients
6 chicken thighs
2 limes
1 green chilli pepper
2 cloves garlic
1 small bunch coriander
2 ruby grapefruit
1 small bunch mint
1 bunch watercress
1 bunch French radishes
75ml Tequila
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon whole grain mustard
salt and pepper

Method
Preheat an oven to 220°C. Rinse the limes. Finely chop the chilli, garlic and coriander. Grate the zest from the limes.

Place the chicken thighs in a bowl with the lime zest, garlic, coriander and chilli. Squeeze the juice of 1 lime over the chicken and add the tequila, salt and pepper. Mix all the ingredients well together.

Place the chicken thighs in a roasting dish and roast in the oven for 30-35 minutes.

Peel the grapefruit and thinly slice. Pick the mint leaves, cut the stalks off the watercress and remove the leaves from the radishes. Wash the radishes and cut lengthways in quarters. Add them to the watercress along with the mint leaves and grapefruit slices.

Mix 2 tablespoons olive oil with 1 teaspoon grain mustard and the juice from the remaining lime; mix through the salad. Divide between 2 plates, lay the chicken on top and serve.

 

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Ingrediënten
6st kippendijen
2 limoenen
1 groene chilipeper
2 teentjes knoflook
1 klein bosje koriander
2 ruby grapefruit
1 klein bosje munt
1 bos waterkers
1 bos Franse radijsjes
75ml Tequila
 2 eetlepels olijfolie
zout en peper
1 theelepel grove mosterd

Bereiding
Verwarm de oven voor op 220C. Was de schil van de limoenen. Snijd de chilipeper, de knoflook en koriander fijn. Rasp de schil van de limoenen.

Doe de kippendijen in een kom met limoenrasp, knoflook, koriander en chilipeper. Knijp 1 limoen uit over de kip en voeg tequila, zout en peper toe naar smaak toe. Meng alles goed door elkaar.

Leg de kippendijen in de ovenschaal en zet deze in de oven voor 30-35 minuten.

Schil de grapefruit en snijd het in dunne plakjes. Pluk de muntblaadjes, snijd de steeltjes van de waterkers en haal de blaadjes van de radijsjes. Was de radijsjes en snijd ze overlangs in vieren, voeg ze toe aan de waterkers met de muntblaadjes en de grapefruitplakjes.

Meng 2 eetlepels olijfolie met 1 theelepel mosterd, sap van de resterende limoen naar smaak en meng dit door de salade.

Verdeel de salade over 2 borden en leg de kip er bovenop.


Tequila Chicken

Bring the sun home with this exciting and easy way with chicken. An ideal dinner idea for during the week.

Serves 2

Ingredients
4 bone-in chicken thighs
2 limes
1 green chilli pepper
2 cloves garlic
1 small bunch coriander
2 ruby grapefruit
1 small bunch mint
1 bunch watercress
1 bunch French radishes
75 ml Tequila
2 tablespoons olive oil (2 tablespoons)
1 teaspoon whole grain mustard (1 teaspoon)
salt
pepper

Method
1
Preheat an oven to 220°C. Rinse the limes. Finely chop the chilli, garlic and coriander. Grate the zest from the limes.
2
Place the chicken thighs in a bowl with the lime zest, garlic, coriander and chilli. Squeeze the juice of 1 lime over the chicken and add the tequila, salt and pepper. Mix all the ingredients well together.
3
Place the chicken thighs in a roasting dish and roast in the oven for 30-35 minutes.
4
Peel the grapefruit and thinly slice. Pick the mint leaves, cut the stalks off the watercress and remove the leaves from the radishes. Wash the radishes and cut lengthways in quarters. Add them to the watercress along with the mint leaves and grapefruit slices.
5
Mix 2 tablespoons olive oil with 1 teaspoon grain mustard and the juice from the remaining lime; mix through the salad. Divide between 2 plates, lay the chicken on top and serve.