Smoked Chicken With Mango And Mint Recipes

CHICKEN & GREEN MANGO THAI SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4.
• Place the peanuts on a tray, then place in the oven to roast until golden.
• For the dressing, mix the fish sauce, rice wine vinegar and 2 tablespoons of lime juice in a small bowl. Grate in the palm sugar, stirring, until completely dissolved (you might need to muddle some of the larger bits).
• Peel and finely chop the garlic, deseed and finely chop the chilli, then add to the bowl. Taste to make sure the flavours are balanced: it should be zesty, sweet and fresh, with depth from the fish sauce.
• Place the chicken in a deep pan, cover with water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, or until cooked through.
• Coarsely grate or cut the carrots into matchsticks, then halve, deseed and thinly slice the cucumber on an angle. Peel and finely grate or cut the mango into matchsticks, then pick and roughly chop the mint leaves.
• Peel and cut the onion into fine wedges, trim and finely dice the spring onions, then halve the tomatoes.
• Crush the roasted peanuts in a pestle and mortar.
• Transfer the cooked chicken to a bowl of iced water to cool, then drain and shred the meat and place in a large bowl.
• Add the chopped vegetables, beansprouts and beancurd (if using) to the bowl with the chicken and toss to combine.
• Divide among serving plates and drizzle lightly with the dressing. Sprinkle over the peanuts, then tear over the coriander leaves and serve with finely sliced red chilli, if you like.

CHICKEN, MANGO AND CHILLI SALAD

Steps:

• Tumble the mango cubes, and any juice they make, into a bowl and, with your hands, mix in the chopped spring onion and chilli and squeeze over the lime juice: use as much or as little as you want; frankly, the amount of juice you can get from a lime varies enormously from one to another. I tend to leave all these to steep while I get on with the rest of my shredding and chopping, but whatever way you do it, tumble in the chunked chicken and shredded lettuce and most of the fresh coriander and, using your hands, toss to combine. Add the oils and toss again then decant on to a large serving plate and sprinkle over the remaining bit of fresh coriander.

MINT CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together the chicken pieces and garlic. Toss with the flour just to coat, and shake off excess.
• Heat the margarine in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken pieces; cook and stir until browned. Add the mint leaves and lemon juice, cover and steam for about 5 minutes, just until the chicken is cooked through. Do not over cook the chicken or it will be tough.

GRILLED JERK RUBBED CHICKEN WITH HABANERO-MINT GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Place vinegar and sugar in a medium nonreactive saucepan and cook over medium-high heat until the sugar is completely melted and the mixture is reduced by 1/2 and is thick. Carefully transfer the mixture to a blender and add the habanero and mint and blend until smooth. Season with salt. Let the glaze cool to room temperature.
• Preheat grill to medium or heat grill pan over medium heat. Rub 1 side of each chicken with 2 tablespoons of the jerk rub and drizzle with canola oil. Grill, rub-side down for 3 to 4 minutes or until a crust has formed, brush with some of the Haberno-Mint Glaze and turn the chicken over and continue grilling for 7 to 8 minutes or until just cooked through. Brush with more of the glaze and serve immediately.

GRILLED CHICKEN WITH MANGO AND MINT-LIME DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat grill to medium-high. In a bowl, combine lime juice and garlic. Whisk in oil, then chopped mint; season with salt and pepper. Pound chicken to an even 1/2-inch thickness; transfer to a baking dish. Season with salt and pepper; toss with half of dressing. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Brush grill grates with oil. Grill chicken, radishes, and serrano, flipping chicken once and turning vegetables occasionally, until chicken is just cooked through and radishes are charred in places, 6 to 8 minutes. Mince serrano; stir into remaining dressing. Serve chicken with radishes, watercress, and mango; drizzle with dressing and top with cheese and mint leaves.

SQUID, FRIED PLANTAIN AND MANGO SALAD WITH FRESH MINT AND SMOKED CHILE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Heat the peanut oil in a large skillet over high heat to 375 degrees F. Fry the plantain slices in batches until crisp. Drain on paper towels and reserve. Heat a grill or grill pan. Brush the squid with olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper and grill for 3 minutes on each side. Cut into 2-inch pieces.
• Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
• Assembly: Toss the squid, mangoes and arugula with the vinaigrette in a large bowl. Heap the salad onto a large platter and garnish with the fried plantains, red pepper and mint leaves.

CHICKEN SALAD WITH MANGO AND MINT

Steps:

• In a blender, combine lime juice, lemon juice, oil, soy sauce, honey, mint, and ginger. Process dressing until smooth. Set aside.
• Place chicken in a medium stockpot. Add enough water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil. Lower heat, and simmer until cooked through, about 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer chicken to a medium bowl; allow to cool slightly. Shred chicken, and toss with all but 2 tablespoons of dressing. Set aside.
• While the chicken is cooking, prepare an ice bath. Set aside. Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add snap peas, and cook for 30 seconds. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to ice bath to cool.
• In a medium bowl, combine snap peas, arugula, and pea shoots. Toss with 2 tablespoons of dressing. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add jicama and mango to chicken. Toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Cover each lavash with arugula mixture. Divide chicken salad between lavash. Roll up to enclose filling. Cut each lavash in half on the diagonal, and serve.

SMOKED CHICKEN WITH MANGO AND MINT

Steps:

• In a small bowl whisk together vinegar, oil, and salt and pepper to taste. In a resealable plastic bag combine chicken with oil mixture and marinate, chilled at least 8 hours or overnight.
• Cut mangoes by slicing just to sides of each pit and with a 3/4-inch melon-ball cutter scoop flesh from mango halves. (There should be about 48 mango pieces.) Mango may be scooped 8 hours ahead and chilled, covered.
• Just before serving, assemble hors d'oeuvres by threading 1 chicken piece, 1 mint leaf, and 1 mango piece on each pick and arrange on a platter. Sprinkle hors d'oeuvres with freshly ground black pepper if desired and garnish with mint sprigs.