Chicken Breast with Salsa Verde & BBQ Sauce

 

Salsa Verde

  • 1 ½-2 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 tbsp capers
  • 50 g gherkins, pickled in sweet vinegar
  • 6 anchovy fillets
  • 2 large handfuls flat-leaf parsley
  • 2 bunches fresh basil and mint
  • 1 tbsp dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 3 tbsp Malaysian Red Palm Oil

BBQ Sauce

  • 4 spring onions, only the white parts
  • 3 shallots, quartered
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 150 ml Malaysian Red Palm Oil
  • 4 green apples, cored and cubed
  • 10 sprigs thyme or lemon thyme
  • 1 tsp celery salt
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 10 fresh bay leaves
  • 6 cloves
  • 200 g soft brown sugar
  • 285 ml cold water
  • 6 tbsp cider vinegar
  • 1 tbsp orange marmalade
  • 200 ml tomato ketchup
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tsp English mustard
  • 200 ml apple juice

Plating

  • Bun
  • Grilled chicken breast
  • Wild rocket salad

PREPARATION

  1. For the salsa, finely chop and mix garlic, capers, gherkins, anchovies and herbs. Add mustard and vinegar. Slowly stir in Malaysian Red Palm Oil for the right consistency.
  2. For the BBQ sauce, blend spring onions, shallots and garlic to a fine paste.
  3. Heat up Malaysian Red Palm Oil. Fry paste over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes.
  4. Blend apples, thyme, celery salt, ginger and nutmeg. Add to the pan with cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and cloves. Cook for 1 minute. Stir in sugar, dissolving it to a thick paste.
  5. Add cold water. Cook for 2 minutes. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Season. Remove.
  6. Sieve sauce into a large bowl. Repeat to ensure smoothness. Return sauce to pan and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, until reduced by about a quarter.
  7. Mix the baby potatoes with chopped rosemary, season and drizzle with Malaysian Palm Oil, then roast.
  8. Grill the chicken breast that has been seasoned with salt, pepper, and paprika.
  9. To plate, spread margarine on the toasted bun. Add chicken, BBQ sauce, salsa verde, and wild rocket salad.