Sri Lankan Devilled Chicken - Sam Stern

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Sri Lankan Devilled Chicken - Sam Stern

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Step 1

Marinade the chicken three hours before you want to cook (or even the night before).Lay the skinless breasts on a board. Using a sharp knife, cut them into equal size chunks – (about 2 cm across) then tip them into a bowl. Wash your hands before handling the spices.Sprinkle the marinade spices over the chicken. Add the lime juice. Stir to coat well. Cover the bowl and leave it to chill. Obviously the longer the time, the stronger the chilli taste.Remove the chicken from the fridge 30 minutes before cooking so it fries evenly.Fetch and prep all your other ingredients before you start to cook.Ginger and garlic: grate the ginger finely into a bowl. Crush in the garlic. Mix them together.Sit the onion on a vegetable cutting board. Cut it in two from root to tip. Strip the skin away. Sit the halves cut side down. Cut each in two. Slice into thick-ish rings.Wash and de-seed the red chili (or leave the seeds if you want searing heat). Dice it.Cut the tomato and lime into segments. Wash the rice in a sieve.Assemble your sauces. Put the water on to boil for the rice and add when appropriate.

Step 2

Fry the chicken pieces. Pour the sunflower or vegetable oil into a heavy bottomed saucepan. Check it’s no more than a third full as it will rise when you add the food. Heat the oil. You’ll know it’s ready to fry when a crumb of bread crisps to golden over a count of 1-10. Once you’re at that heat, keep it steady, reducing or increasing slightly as you’re cooking. Put a plate near the hob. Cover it with a piece of kitchen towel.Using tongs, add a few pieces of meat at a time. Fry them steadily for a few minutes (3-4) until cooked through. Test one with a sharp knife to check it’s white but juicy inside. Move to the plate to drain. Fry the rest in batches. Lightly salt the meat.To bring it all together: put a wok or large frying pan on the heat. Add 2 tablespoons of groundnut oil. When hot, add the garlic and ginger. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon so it doesn’t burn, cooking for a minute or so or until it starts to release its aroma.Add the chilli. Keep stirring. Add the onion. Shift and stir everything round the pan. You want the onion to cook but not to disintegrate. Add the sauces, vinegar and sugar. Keep stirring. As it comes together into a red sauce add the chicken pieces, the jalapenos and the tomato. Stir for a minute and when the meat is hot and coated, the tomato just softening, taste for balance. It should taste sweet, sour, hot, not to acidic. Add extra sugar or vinegar/lime if the balance is out. Add a bit more chilli sauce if you think it needs more heat. Remove from the heat. Let it rest for a minute. Sprinkle with diced green chilli.

Step 3

Drain your cooked rice. Pile it into 2 bowls. Spoon the chicken on top. Add a bit of lime.

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