Peruvian-style roast chicken with green sauce & avocado salad
4
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 30 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 1 hr • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
The spice rub really takes the flavour in this dish to another level, while the green chilli sauce adds a fiery freshness.
Ingredients
Calorie controlled cooking spray
4 spray(s)
White Wine Vinegar
2 tablespoon(s)
Paprika
1 tablespoon(s), level
Ground Cumin
1 tablespoon(s), level
Garlic
5 clove(s), crushed
Vegetable Oil
2 teaspoon(s)
Salt
1¾ teaspoon(s)
Cayenne Pepper
¼ teaspoon(s), level
Roast chicken, mixed meat, skinless
790 g, 1.5kg whole skin removed
Lime
1 medium, wedges to serve
Coriander, fresh
30 g, leaves picked
Chilli, green or red
2 individual, green, roughly chopped
Spring Onions
2 medium, trimmed and chopped
Garlic
1 clove(s), halved
White Wine Vinegar
1 tablespoon(s)
Lime Juice, Fresh
2 tablespoon(s)
Reduced Fat Mayonnaise
4 tablespoon(s)
Lettuce
6 portion(s), Romaine, shredded
Red onion
½ small, finely sliced
Avocado
1 medium, peeled, stone removed, and thinly sliced
Lime Juice, Fresh
2 tablespoon(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 200°C, fan 180°C, gas mark 6. Mist a roasting rack with cooking spray and put in a roasting tin.
2
In a small bowl, combine the vinegar, paprika, cumin, garlic, oil, salt and cayenne pepper. Make a few slits in the thickest part of the chicken, then rub the spice mixture all over the chicken and inside its cavity. Put the chicken, breast-side up, on the prepared rack and roast for 1 hour or until cooked through. Remove from the oven and set aside to rest for 10 minutes.
3
Meanwhile, make the sauce and salad. For the sauce, put the green chillies, spring onions, 1 garlic clove, white wine vinegar, lime juice, reduced-fat mayonnaise into a food processor and blend until smooth. Season to taste. For the salad, combine the lettuce and onion in a salad bowl, top with the avocado and sprinkle over the lime juice. Season to taste.
4
Put the chicken onto a platter, before carving at the table. Serve with the salad, sauce and lime wedges on the side.
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