Crispy chicken with carlin peas and zhoug
Crispy, golden chicken with blistered skin and juicy meat.
Carlin peas and rocket burst with lime, herbs, and spicy zhoug.
Bright, smoky, and zesty in every bite—comfort food with a kick.
dinner ⏱ 100 min 580 kcal / portion 18.0 g carbs / portion (estimated) 🔗 Original source
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Preparation steps
- preheat oven to 140°C fan
- mix chicken legs with salt, black pepper, lime zest, whole chilli, and olive oil, then arrange skin-side up in baking dish
- roast chicken at 140°C fan for 1 hour 15 minutes
- transfer chicken to a tray and set aside remaining baking juices
- grill chicken on high for 8-10 minutes until skin blisters and crisps
- pulse zhoug paste with chopped chilli, herbs, spices, sugar, garlic, salt, water, and olive oil
- set aside zhoug for later use
- mix carlin peas in baking dish with remaining olive oil and rocket, then fold in zhoug
- nestle crispy chicken into the pea and rocket mixture, squeeze over lime juice, and drizzle remaining zhoug