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Five-spice chicken and plum sauce

  • Time to make: 35 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 700g orange kumara, peeled, chopped
  • 2 ½cm piece ginger, peeled, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Chinese five spice powder
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 500g boneless, skinless chicken thighs
  • 4 cups baby spinach, or 1 large bunch spinach, chopped
  • spray oil
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons skim milk
  • Plum sauce
  • ¾ cup canned plum juice
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 180ºC. Toss kumara with ginger and oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 20-25 minutes until cooked and slightly caramelised.

    2 Meanwhile, mix Chinese five spice and oil with chicken thighs and set aside to marinate.

    3 Heat a non-stick pan over a medium-high heat and add chicken thighs. Cook each side for 2 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Remove and set aside to rest. Slice in thick slices.

    4 To make Plum sauce, pour sauce ingredients into pan over a medium-high heat and stir well. Allow liquid to bubble (for about 3-4 minutes) to reduce to a sauce. Pour any juices from the cooked chicken into the sauce. If the sauce is not thick enough, mix a little cornflour with some water to make a smooth paste and stir into the sauce.

    5 Just before serving cook spinach. Wash spinach and lightly shake off most of the water. Heat a frying pan with oil spray and add wet spinach. Stir-fry for 1-2 minutes until spinach wilts. Drizzle over sesame oil.

    6 Mash kumara with milk and season with salt and pepper. To serve pile mashed kumara on plates. Top with spinach, 1-2 chicken thighs and drizzle sauce around the plate.

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