Chicken in Blood Orange & Ginger Sauce
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Total: 20 mins
Tender hunks of chicken breast get sticky and succulent, with a light crispy coating, after going for a bubble in a spicy, citrusy sauce made with ginger and seasonal blood oranges. Served with white basmati and salad leaves.
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544 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 150g white basmati rice
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 250g diced chicken breast
  • 3 blood oranges
  • A thumb of ginger
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 50g sweet salad mix
From your kitchen
  • 300ml boiling water
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
You'll need
  • Small pan with a lid
  • Measuring jug
  • Deep frying pan with a lid
  • Baking tray (optional)
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Fill your kettle and boil it. Rinse the rice under cold water, then tip it into a small pan. Pour in 300ml boiling water from the kettle. Add a pinch of salt. Bring to the boil, then pop a lid on the pan and bring to the boil. Turn the heat right down and very gently simmer for 8 mins till the rice has absorbed all the water. Take the pan off the heat and set aside for 5-6 mins, lid on, to steam the rice and finish cooking it.

  • 2.

    Meanwhile, sprinkle 1 tbsp cornflour onto a plate and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Roll the diced chicken breast in the cornflour to lightly coat. Warm a deep frying pan on a medium-high heat and add 1 tbsp olive oil and the chicken. Fry for 3 mins, then turn the chicken pieces over and fry for another 3 mins, till golden all over.

  • 3.

    While the chicken fries, use a small, sharp knife to slice the skin and white pith away from 1 blood orange,. Slice the segments out of the papery membranes and tip them into a bowl. Squeeze the membranes over the bowl to wring out any juice. Squeeze the juice from the remaining blood oranges into the bowl.

  • 4.

    Peel and finely grate the ginger into the bowl. Peel and grate in the garlic cloves (or finely chop them). Stir together to make a sauce.

  • 5.

    Pour the blood orange sauce and segments into the pan with the chicken. Pop a lid on the pan (or use a baking tray if you don't have a lid). Simmer for 8-10 mins, till the sauce had reduced a little and become sticky and the chicken is cooked through – if you slice into a thick part of the chicken, there will be no pink.

  • 6.

    Fluff the rice up with a fork and divide between 2 warm plates. Top with handfuls of the salad leaves, the chicken and the blood orange sauce.

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