Oven Baked Sweet Sesame Chicken Thigh With Hoisin Rice
Craving a comforting Chinese that saves on washing up? Then cook up our sweet sesame glazed chicken, with flavoursome hoisin spinach rice. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds to serve.
Ingredients for 2 people
Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredient Cooking for 4? Double each ingredient
You'll also need
Vegetable oil, Pepper, Butter, Sugar, Water (or dietary alternatives)
Cooking instructions
Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.
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 and cover tightly with foil
Now, let's get started!
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
Dig in!
Nutritional information
Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.
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Allergens
Allergens highlighted by † (celery, fish, mustard, nut, peanut, sesame, soya).
In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.
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