Chilli chicken recipe?

[Lizann]

I've got loads of lovely cayenne chillies, but not sure what to do with them.   It's the first time I've grown them.  We eat a lot of chicken so wonder if anyone has got a good recipe they use for some kind of chicken and chilli?

[Lizann]

[ceres]

I love Sarah Raven's Chilli Jam recipe.  You can brush it on chicken or sweetcorn or fish or serve it as a relish or a dip.  I didn't make enough last year and ran out in the winter so am waiting impatiently for the chillis to ripen!

500g very ripe tomatoes
4 garlic cloves
4 large red chillies, peeled and chopped
6-7cm piece frsh ginger peeled
30ml Thai fish sauce
300g golden caster sugar
100ml red wine vinegar

Puree half the tomatoes, garlic, chillies and ginger and blitz to a puree in a food processor. Pour into a heavy based saucepan with the sugar, fish sauce and vinegar, bring to the boil, stirring slowly.
Reduce to a simmer.
Dice the remaining tomatoes finely and add to the pan. Simmer for 30-40 minutes, stirring from time to time. It will turn dark and sticky.
Store in sterilised jars and seal whilst the mixture is still warm.

[daileg]

Daves Chilli chicken

1 tspn of celery salt
1 tspn of garlic salt
1 tbpn of sweet paprika
1 tspn of aromat ( south african spice) sold in asda
1 tspn of black pepper
1 tspn of salt
1/2 tspn of cloves crushed
1 lime
rub these together

take chicken cut into quarters or as i prefer

take the chicken up side down and cut through the centre and open the chicken by pressing down on the breast bone thus creating a butterfly affect rub all the sces in to the chicken


slice two onions thinly fry gently in a little butter olive oil  what ever you prefer
add 10 chillies to the onions with or without the seeds up to you how hot you would prefer it to be

fry gently until soft and brown

add 2 tbspn of brown sugar
and 50ml of white vinigar
bring to a gentle simmer for about 10-15 mins stirring all the time

set this aside for now

place chicken in  a baking tin in a oven on 180 or gas mark 6 for approx 1 hr to 1.30 depending on the thickness of the chicken being used or the amount cook untill cooked all the way through .

warm the onion chilli chutney and serve over the top of the chicken

squeeze a fresh lime all over it before serving just before putting on the table  

have this with some cous cous or rice with a fresh salad

[Duke Ellington]

I am going to be making some of that chilli Jam soon ~ Thanks Ceres :)

Duke :)

[Sparkly]

I have saved the recipe too. Sounds lovely. Am just waiting for my toms to ripen in the greenhouse.

[Lizann]

Both recipes sound fab, thanks so much.  I take it the jam one doesn't taste fishy, ceres, with the Thai fish sauce?

[daileg]

thai fish sauce will make it a little fishy but the main flavour from it would be salt

[ceres]

It's not fishy at all.  The amount is so tiny.  It's just a 'savoury' flavour.

[1066]

thanks for posting the recipie Ceres, sounds great. Will give it a go, don't have enough home grown toms yet tho