Lifestyle
Easy coconut five-spice marinated chicken breasts
Using coconut milk in both the dressing and the marinade makes for succulent chicken that’s ready in just 40 minutes.
Infuse your weeknight dinner with a taste of the tropics with this coconut-marinated chicken served alongside a fresh Thai slaw. The coconut milk in both the marinade and dressing makes for juicy, tender chicken fillets that burst with flavour in just 40 minutes. Paired with a vibrant slaw of carrots, red pepper, and red onion tossed in a sweet and tangy coconut-honey dressing, this dish is a fresh, healthy, and colourful option. Recipe compliments of Astral Chicken.
Preparation time: 30min | Cooking time: 10min | Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 8 chicken breast fillets
Dressing
- 1 tbsp unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tsp lime juice
- 1 small red chilli, finely chopped
Marinade
- 1/3 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 2 1/2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
- 1 tsp salt
Thai slaw
- 4 large carrots, coarsely grated
- 1 red pepper, deseeded and finely sliced
- 1 small red onion, finely sliced
- 1 cup of oil, for shallow frying
- 100g rice noodles
Method
- To make the coconut-honey dressing, whisk the coconut milk, honey, lime juice and chilli together in a small bowl. Set aside. To make the marinade, mix the coconut milk, honey, lime juice, soy sauce, garlic, five-spice powder and salt in a large bowl.
- Add the chicken thighs and coat well. Marinade for 15 minutes. While the chicken is marinating, mix the carrots, red pepper and red onion in a bowl with the coconut-honey dressing. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the rice noodles.
- When the rice noodles puff up, remove them from the oil and place onto a kitchen towel to absorb the excess oil. Preheat a grill or grill pan to medium.
- Grill the chicken thighs for about 4 minutes on each side, until cooked through. Serve the chicken with the Thai slaw and top with crunchy rice noodles.
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