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Jamie Oliver’s gnarly peanut chicken with lime & chilli

Jamie Oliver’s easy gnarly peanut chicken with lime & chilli
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Jamie Oliver’s gnarly peanut chicken with lime & chilli recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 large chicken breasts
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil + extra for finishing
  • 2 limes zest and juice
  • 4 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 – 3 heaped tablespoons peanut butter smooth or crunchy
  • 1 – 2 red chillies finely chopped (or a pinch of dried chilli flakes)
  • Salt & pepper

Instructions

  • Turn your oven grill on and position the first rack about 10-15 cm from the top.
  • Cut the chicken in a criss-cross shape about 1/3 of the way into the flesh. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and then season with salt & pepper and the finely grated zest of one of the limes. Grate the zest from the other lime, and set aside
  • Place a 26cm ovenproof skillet on medium-high heat and put the cold chicken breasts into the pan, cut side down.

While that starts cooking, mix the following ingredients into a small bowl:

  • Juice from the 1.5 limes, 2 – 3 heaped tablespoons peanut butter, the crushed garlic, as much chilli as you can handle and a little hot water to loosen the mixture to a spoonable consistency.
  • Flip the chicken breast over and cook the underside for about a minute and then spoon over the peanut sauce. Place it under the grill for about 5 minutes until the edges start getting brown and as Jamie Oliver says, ‘gnarly’.
  • Serve with a light drizzle of olive oil and the zest of the remaining lime, and lime wedges from the remaining half.