All-In-One Sticky Sambal Chicken With Sesame Pak Choi

Before you begin...

This recipe takes around 5-10 min to prep, so get your casserole dish and all your ingredients ready, then wash your fruit and veg

Note: Make sure your dish is oven-proof and safe to use on the hob. Don't have one? Start cooking in a large, wide-based pan then transfer to an oven-proof dish

Now, let's get started!

Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C (fan)/ gas 7 and boil a kettle

Heat a large, wide-based, hob-safe oven-proof casserole dish with a drizzle of vegetable oil over a high heat

Once hot, add your chicken to the dish and cook for 3-4 min or until lightly browned

While the chicken is browning, combine your cornflour with 200ml [260ml] [340ml] boiled water

Add your gluten free soy sauce, honey, ginger & garlic paste and sambal (can't handle the heat? Go easy!) and stir it all together – this is your sambal soy stock

Wash, then, slice your pak choi in half lengthways

Trim, then slice your spring onion[s]

Reboil a kettle

Once the chicken is lightly browned, add the sambal soy stock and bring to the boil over a high heat

Once boiling, put the dish in the oven, uncovered, for 25 min or until the chicken is cooked through (no pink meat!) and the sauce has thickened – this is your sticky sambal chicken

Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C (fan)/ gas 7 and boil a kettle

Add your basmati rice and cauliflower rice to an oven-proof dish with 120ml [225ml] [300ml] boiled water

Cover tightly with tin foil and put the dish in the oven for 25-30 min or until all the water is absorbed and the rice is cooked – this is your baked cauliflower rice

Add your pak choi and toasted sesame seeds to a large piece of tin foil (or two!) with a large splash of cold water

Scrunch the foil around the pak choi to form a tightly sealed parcel

Tip: Cooking for 3 or more? Make 2 separate parcels!

Once the rice has had 15 min, remove the tray from the oven and add the parcel[s], then return to the oven for 10-15 min or until the rice is cooked and the pak choi is tender – this is your baked rice and sesame pak choi

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