Sesame Chicken With Hoisin Ruce

Ingredients

Ingredients for 2 people

Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredient

Cooking for 4? Double each ingredient

Intense chicken stock mix (5.5g)

Intense chicken stock mix (5.5g)

White long grain rice (130g)

White long grain rice (130g)

Ground coriander (1tsp)

Ground coriander (1tsp)

Ginger & garlic paste (15g)

Ginger & garlic paste (15g)

Toasted sesame oil (10ml)

Toasted sesame oil (10ml) †

Gluten free soy sauce (15ml)

Gluten free soy sauce (15ml) †

Skinless chicken thighs (320g)

Skinless chicken thighs (320g)

Chinese rice wine (15ml)

Chinese rice wine (15ml)

Toasted sesame seeds (5g)

Toasted sesame seeds (5g) †

Green pepper

Green pepper

Spinach (80g)

Spinach (80g)

Hoisin sauce (20g)

Hoisin sauce (20g) †

Directions

Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C (fan)/ gas 7, then take your chicken out of the fridge, open the packet and let it air

Deseed your pepper[s] (scrape the seeds and pith out with a teaspoon) and cut into quarters

Add the pepper quarters to a tin foil-lined baking tray (or two!) (hollow side of the pepper facing

up)

Combine your toasted sesame oil and half your gluten free soy sauce (you'll use the rest later!) in a small bowl with 2 tsp [3 tsp] [4 tsp] sugar, ground coriander, a knob of butter and a grind of black pepper – this is your sesame marinade

Add your chicken thighs to the sesame marinade and give it a mix up, then top each pepper quarter with a marinated chicken thigh and put the tray[s] in the oven for 17-18 min or until the chicken is cooked through (no pink meat!) this are your sweet sesame chicken thighs & charred pepper

Boil half a kettle

Heat a large, wide-based, hob-safe oven-proof casserole dish with a matching lid with a knob of butter and a drizzle of vegetable oil over a medium-low heat

Add your white long grain rice, hoisin sauce, Chinese rice wine, ginger & garlic paste and the remaining gluten free soy sauce to the pot and give everything a good mix up

Add your chicken stock mix with 300ml [390ml] [510ml] boiled water and bring to the boil over a high heat

Once boiling, cover with a lid and put the dish in the oven for 30 min or until all the water has absorbed and the rice is cooked

Use this time to clear up, set the table, have a cup of tea or simply chill!

Wash your spinach and pat dry with kitchen paper

Once the rice is cooked, stir the spinach through until wilted and give everything a good mix up – this is your hoisin spinach rice

To serve, top the hoisin spinach rice with the sweet sesame chicken thighs & charred pepper

Sprinkle your toasted sesame seeds over the chicken and drizzle over any remaining juices from the chicken