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Stuffed joloff-spiced chicken with hot peanut & tomato sauce

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Stuffed joloff-spiced chicken with hot peanut & tomato sauce

Name: Stuffed joloff-spiced chicken with hot peanut & tomato sauce
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves roughly chopped; 4 thyme sprigs leaves picked and chopped; 1 lime zested and juiced (use ½ the juice for the butter, the rest for the stuffing); ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp ground ginger; 35g butter at room temperature; 1.8kg whole chicken; 15g unsalted butter; 1 onion finely chopped; 75g white long grain rice rinsed until the water runs clear; 1 tbsp groundnut oil; 125g sweet potato peeled and cut into small cubes; 2 garlic cloves sliced; 2cm piece ginger peeled and finely grated; 2 large plum tomatoes roughly chopped; ½ lime juiced (from above); 1 tbsp groundnut oil; 1 onion finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves grated to a purée; 3cm piece ginger peeled and grated; 1½ tsp curry powder; 1 tsp ground coriander; 150ml water or chicken stock; 400g can cherry tomatoes; 2 tsp soft light brown sugar (or to taste); 1-2 Scotch bonnet chillies (depending on how hot you’d like your sauce), pierced a few times and left whole; 150g crunchy peanut butter; 1 or 2 limes juiced; green vegetables to serve

Diana Henry

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Serves 6

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Prep: 50 mins

Cook: 2 hrs and 10 mins

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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2 garlic cloves

roughly chopped
4 thyme sprigs

leaves picked and chopped
1 lime

zested and juiced (use ½ the juice for the butter, the rest for the stuffing)
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
35g butter

at room temperature
1.8kg whole chicken

For the stuffing

15g unsalted butter
1 onion

finely chopped
75g white long grain rice

rinsed until the water runs clear
1 tbsp groundnut oil
125g sweet potato

peeled and cut into small cubes
2 garlic cloves

sliced
2cm piece ginger

peeled and finely grated
2 large plum tomatoes

roughly chopped
½ lime

juiced (from above)

For the sauce

1 tbsp groundnut oil
1 onion

finely chopped
3 garlic cloves

grated to a purée
3cm piece ginger

peeled and grated
1½ tsp curry powder
1 tsp ground coriander
150ml water or chicken stock
400g can cherry tomatoes
2 tsp soft light brown sugar

(or to taste)
1-2 Scotch bonnet chillies

(depending on how hot you’d like your sauce), pierced a few times and left whole
150g crunchy peanut butter
1 or 2 limes

juiced
green vegetables

to serve

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal692
fat42g
saturates12g
carbs27g
sugars12g
fibre6g
protein48g
salt0.8g

Method

step 1

Make the joloff-spiced butter. Pound the garlic, some sea salt, the thyme and lime zest using a pestle and mortar, then add the spices and the butter and pound more. Add the lime juice gradually, then set aside.
step 2

To make the stuffing, heat the butter in a saucepan, add the onion and cook until soft. Add the rice and stir for 1 min, then add enough water to cover by about 2cm and bring to the boil. Boil until the surface of the rice looks ‘pitted’, then turn the heat down very low, cover and cook for 15 mins until the rice is almost cooked (it will cook further inside the chicken). Transfer to a mixing bowl and leave to cool. Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
step 3

Heat the groundnut oil in a frying pan and cook the sweet potato until golden. Add the garlic and ginger and cook for another 2 mins, then add the tomatoes and season. Cook, stirring often, until the tomatoes are soft and the sweet potato is almost tender. Leave to cool, then tip into the bowl with the rice and add the lime juice.
step 4

Put the chicken in a roasting tin and carefully loosen the skin over the breast by gently pulling it up and inserting your fingers between the skin and the flesh. Push half of the butter in under the skin, spreading it out with your hands. Season the chicken inside, then spoon the rice stuffing right down into the cavity. Spread the rest of the butter over the top of the chicken, then season. Roast for 1 hr 20 mins. To check it’s cooked, insert a skewer in where the thigh meets the body – the juices should run clear.
step 5

Meanwhile, to make the sauce, heat the oil in a saucepan and cook the onion until soft. Add the garlic, ginger and spices and cook for another 2 mins, then add the water or stock and the tomatoes. Season. Bring to the boil, add the sugar and the chillies, then turn down the heat and simmer gently for 30 mins. Add the peanut butter and cook, stirring, for another 12 mins. Add more water if it’s too thick, then add the lime juice to taste and check the seasoning. You may want to add more sugar.
step 6

When it’s cooked, leave the chicken to rest, covered with foil, for 15 mins, then serve with the peanut sauce and green vegetables on the side.

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