Miso Chicken with Aubergines, Spring Onions and Chilli

Name: Rukmini Iyer Miso Chicken with Aubergine | Easy Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 400g free-range boneless chicken thighs, halved; 350g baby aubergines, halved; 3 banana shallots, peeled and halved; 2½cm ginger, grated; 2 cloves of garlic, grated; 2 tbsp sesame oil; 2 heaped tbsp miso paste; 1 tbsp honey; 1 tsp chilli flakes; 1 tbsp sesame seeds; 1 lime, zest and juice; 1 tbsp sesame oil; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 3 spring onions, thinly sliced; freshly cooked white rice

by Rukmini Iyer from The Roasting Tin Around The World

This addictively sweet and spicy miso chicken could not be easier to make, paired with soft roasted aubergine and spring onions for a fresh crunch.

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Serves 2

Total 55 min

Prep 10 min

Cook 45 min

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Introduction from Rukmini Iyer

This might be one of my favourite chicken dishes in the book, and it went through several versions before I arrived at this one, with just the right level of spice, miso, chilli and honey. I have been known to eat pieces of the chicken straight out of the tin, and if the pup is lucky, she gets tiny pieces of the chicken too.

Ingredients

400g free-range boneless chicken thighs, halved

350g baby aubergines, halved

3 banana shallots, peeled and halved

2½cm ginger, grated

2 cloves of garlic, grated

2 tbsp sesame oil

2 heaped tbsp miso paste

1 tbsp honey

1 tsp chilli flakes

1 tbsp sesame seeds

For the dressing:

1 lime, zest and juice

1 tbsp sesame oil

1 tbsp soy sauce

To serve:

3 spring onions, thinly sliced

freshly cooked white rice

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C fan/200°C/gas 6.

Tip the chicken, aubergines and shallots into a roasting tin. Mix together the ginger, garlic, sesame oil, miso paste, honey, chilli flakes and sesame seeds in a small bowl, then evenly coat the chicken and aubergines with this mixture, making sure there’s plenty on the top of each piece of chicken.

Transfer to the oven and roast for 45 minutes, until the chicken is golden brown and cooked through.

Mix the lime zest and juice, sesame oil and soy sauce and pour it all over the chicken and aubergine. Scatter over the spring onions, and serve hot, with rice on the side.

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