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crispy chicken with strawberry salsa

I think this came from Rick Stein. Strawberries do marry well with pepper and the freshness of mint leaves so the slightly more intense heat of chilli does work, even though it sounds unlikely.

Ingredients - serves 4

250g strawberries, hulled and chopped
handful of fresh mint leaves, chopped or torn
1 red chilli, seeded & finely chopped
1 tbsp caster sugar - or to taste

Method

Pre heat the oven to 220°C
Take your chicken and with a sharp knife cut the skin down between leg and breast, pull sideways to crack the joint where the thigh meets the carcass and cut to sever away. Now remove the breasts by following the carcass closely with your knife from the breast bone down. You now have 4 portions and a carcass for stock. Rub the skin with butter or olive oil, season and roast on a rack (approximately 40 mins for leg, 20 mins for breasts). Skin should be golden, crisp & blistering.

Mix salsa ingredients and refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow flavours to develop and serve a spoon of it beside each joint.

Riverford Butchery, Dean Court, Lower Dean, Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0LT