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Sticky Chicken with Cucumber, Radish and Carrot Pickle

Catherine's Family Kitchen • Food • Recipes

Serves 4

Ingredients

For the chicken

  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1½ tbsp Thai fish sauce (Nam Pla)
  • 1½ tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1½ tsp hot chilli sauce
  • 800g chicken breasts, cut crosswise into .5cm thick slices

 For the pickle

  • 3 medium carrots, peeled
  • 6 radishes
  • 1 cucumber
  • 220ml rice vinegar
  • 100g sugar
  • 2 tsp salt

 

To serve

  • Crisp iceberg lettuce leaves and 2 tbsp baby beansprouts 

Method

  1. To marinade the chicken, whisk together the garlic, sugar, fish sauce, oil, lime juice and chilli sauce in a large bowl until sugar is dissolved. 
  2. Add the chicken and toss to coat. 
  3. Refrigerate for about 2 hours.
  4. To make the pickle, cut the carrots, cucumber and radish into julienne (very slim strips). 
  5. Whisk together the vinegar, sugar, and salt in a bowl until the sugar is dissolved, then add the vegetables and toss to combine. 
  6. Leave to stand for about 30 minutes, until the vegetables are wilted.
  7. To grill the chicken, heat a griddle pan over a medium heat, then grill the chicken in batches, taking care not to overcrowd the pan. 
  8. Allow to colour on one side before turning over to brown on the other side.  This will give a lovely caramel flavour. 
  9. When the chicken is fully cooked, transfer to a warmed serving plate.
  10. Strain the pickled vegetables and arrange around the chicken.
  11. To serve, place a lettuce leaf on your plate, top with the pickled vegetables and chicken. 
  12. Fold over the lettuce and enjoy.