Confit Roast Chicken with Turmeric Rice and Asian Greens

Confit Roast Chicken with Turmeric Rice and Asian Greens

Ready in 35 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Gourmet (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, June 17, 2018.

L’authentique have taken all of the hard work out of Tuesday night’s dinner for you! Introducing the tender and juicy confit chicken, which would usually take hours to cook. The richness of the dish pairs perfectly with the sweet and tangy Thai flavours infused in your tamarind sauce. Drizzle this over the dish to make your tastebuds sizzle!


Ingredients

Chicken and Greens

  • 2 confit chicken legs
  • 1½ baby bok choy
  • ½ tsp sesame oil
  • 1 clove minced garlic
  • 1 Tbsp water
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tsp rice wine vinegar
  • 50-100g mung bean sprouts

Rice

  • ½ red onion
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 cup jasmine rice
  • 1½ cups water
  • ½ tsp salt

To Serve

  • 3 Tbsp coriander
  • 20g chopped roasted peanuts
  • 80g tamarind lime sauce

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 220°C. Remove chicken from pack and discard excess fat. Place chicken legs in an ovenproof dish and roast for about 30 minutes, until hot through and golden. Remove chicken from oven every 10 minutes and use a spoon to baste chicken with roasting juices.
  2. Finely dice onion. Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium pot on medium heat. Cook onion for 1-2 minutes, until tender. Add turmeric and rice and mix well. Add water and salt and bring to the boil.
  3. As soon as it boils, cover with a tight-fitting lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 12 minutes. Turn off heat and leave to steam, still covered, for a further 8 minutes. Do not lift lid during cooking. Fluff up grains with a fork before serving.
  4. Cut bok choy into quarters. When chicken has about 5 minutes cook time remaining, cook vegetables.
  5. Heat sesame oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook bok choy and garlic for 2-3 minutes, until starting to soften. Add water, fish sauce and vinegar and cook for a further 1 minute, until tender. Remove from heat and stir through mung bean sprouts.
  6. To serve, spoon turmeric rice onto plates. Top with Asian greens and a confit chicken leg. Sprinkle over coriander leaves and peanuts. Serve with a drizzle of tamarind lime sauce.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2238 kj
535 kcal
Protein 38.3g
Carbohydrate 60.6g
Fat 18.7g