Description
This Blackened Chicken with Caramel and Clementine Dressing recipe is a delightful combination of flavors that result in a mouthwatering dish. The chicken is marinated in a blend of spices, then cooked to perfection and served with a sweet and tangy caramel clementine dressing.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Chicken:
- 6 large boneless, skin-on chicken thighs (about 850 g)
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 12 spring onions, trimmed and dried
- Extra salt to taste
For the Dressing:
- 85 g caster sugar
- 30 g fresh ginger, peeled and julienned
- 2 red chilies, deseeded and julienned (about 20 g)
- 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- Juice of 2–3 limes (about 3 tablespoons) plus 1 lime halved for serving
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2–3 clementines, peeled (about 200 g)
- 5 g fresh coriander, roughly chopped
Instructions
- Marinate the Chicken: Place the chicken in a bowl, add turmeric, chili flakes, fish sauce, olive oil, and salt. Mix well and marinate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Cook the Chicken: Heat a cast-iron pan, cook chicken skin-side down until charred. Add spring onions and water, cook until chicken is tender. Slice chicken into strips.
- Prepare the Dressing: Caramelize sugar, add ginger, chilies, vinegar, lime juice, and fish sauce. Stir in clementines.
- Serve: Spread spring onions on a platter, top with chicken and dressing. Garnish with coriander and lime.
Notes
- Good ventilation is essential when blackening the chicken.
- Oranges can be used instead of clementines.
- Dressing can be made ahead and kept refrigerated for up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Pan searing and braising
- Cuisine: Fusion
Nutrition
- Serving Size: About 1 ¼ chicken thighs with dressing
- Calories: 600
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 1100 mg
- Fat: 40 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 32 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 45 g
- Cholesterol: 140 mg
