Barbequed Chicken with Citrussy Chargrilled Spring Onions

Name: Barbequed Chicken with Citrussy Chargrilled Spring Onions
Prep time: 1 d
Total time: 1 d
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: olive oil; onions; garlic; tomato purée (passata); oranges; scotch bonnet chile peppers; cilantro; soy sauce, tamari; brown sugar; chicken; salt and black pepper; scallions, spring or green onions; limes

Submitted by sarah hyland

Eat with avocado cream in a wrap.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

1 days

COOK

15 min

READY

1 days

Ingredients

TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL

EACH ONIONS
chopped

CLOVES GARLIC

TABLESPOONS TOMATO PURÉE (PASSATA)
headed

EACH ORANGES
juice

EACH SCOTCH BONNET CHILE PEPPERS *

X CILANTRO
1 heaped handful, roughly chopped *

X SOY SAUCE, TAMARI
a few dashes *

TEASPOON BROWN SUGAR
up to 2 teaspoons

MEDIUM CHICKEN
cut into bits or 12 chicken pieces *

X SALT AND BLACK PEPPER
to taste *

BUNCHES SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS *

EACH LIMES

Directions

Whizz olive oil, onion, garlic, tomato purée, orange juice, chili, coriander, soy sauce and sugar together in blender.

Pour over chicken.

Season and marinate overnight (or for at least a few hours).

Take the chicken out at least 30 minutes before cooking so it can reach room temperature Light BBQ and wait til flame has cooled enough to hold your hand 20cm over without squealing.

BBQ chicken until brown and crispy all over - maybe 5 minutes each side.

Stick a skewer into to make sure no pink juice comes out.

Drizzle olive oil over spring onions.

Season and BBQ until charred and completely soft.

Dress with squeeze of lime and serve with chicken.