Spice Bag Wedge Salad
Recipe - Blackrock - Scally's
Spice Bag Wedge Salad
Prep Time5 Minutes
Servings4
Cook Time29 Minutes
Ingredients
100 ml Buttermilk
4 medium Chicken Thighs, sliced
3 tbsp Chinese 5 Spice
1 medium Lemon, zest only
1 pinch Sea Salt
1 bottle Sunflower Oil, for frying
100g flour
100g Butter
2 medium Red Pepper, diced
2 medium Star Anise
1 medium Garlic Cloves, crushed
100g Mayonnaise
1 medium Avocado, sliced
1 handful Chives, chopped into 3cm pieces
2 tbsp Honey, to drizzle
0.5 medium Iceberg lettuce, cut into wedges
Directions
Ingredients
- 100ml buttermilk
- 4 medium chicken thighs, sliced
- 3 tbsp Chinese 5 spice
- 1 medium lemon, zest only
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 bottle sunflower oil, for frying
- 100g flour
- 100g butter
- 2 medium red peppers, diced
- 2 medium star anise
- 1 medium garlic clove, crushed
- 100g mayonnaise
- 1 medium avocado, sliced
- 1 handful chives, chopped into 3cm pieces
- 2 tbsp honey, to drizzle
- 0.5 medium iceberg lettuce, cut into wedges
Method
- Preheat your oven to 160°C. Pop the buttermilk, lemon, and chicken into a bowl or container with a lid, season with salt and pepper. Leave to marinate overnight or for at least 2 hours.
- For the pepper sauce; put the red peppers, star anise, butter, and oil into an ovenproof dish. Put in the oven for 30 minutes until tender. Blitz until smooth in a mini blender. Season to taste. When the sauce is blended or just before, heat your oil to 180°C.
- Mix the 5 spice and flour together in a wide bowl. Drizzle a little buttermilk into the flour mix. Remove the chicken from the marinade and press each piece individually into the flour to coat it, make sure they’re well coated.
- Cook the chicken in batches, add a few pieces to the oil at a time, don’t add too many or it will bring down the temperature of the oil. Cook for 5-6 minutes until golden, drain using a slotted spoon. Sprinkle right away with sea salt.
- For the salad dressing; combine the mayo, buttermilk, garlic, and lemon juice in a small bowl with lots of black pepper and salt.
- Now for the fun part; the salad assembly. Arrange the iceberg wedges on a platter, and place the avocado on top of the lettuce. Top with the chicken and drizzle with the salad dressing and the pepper sauce.
- Sprinkle with the chopped chives and a drizzle of honey to serve.
5 minutes
Prep Time
29 minutes
Cook Time
4
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 4 servings
SuperValu Buttermilk (1 L)
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SuperValu Fresh Irish Chicken Thigh Fillets (400 g)
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Schwartz Seasoning Chinese 5 Spice (58 g)
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SuperValu Signature Tastes Seedless LemonGold Lemons (3 Piece)
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SuperValu Sea Salt (250 g)
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SuperValu Sunflower Oil (1 L)
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SuperValu Self Raising Flour (2 kg)
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SuperValu Irish Creamery Butter (454 g)
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SuperValu Mixed Peppers (2 Piece)
€1.59€0.80 each
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SuperValu Garlic (3 Piece)
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SuperValu Real Mayonnaise (401 g)
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SuperValu Signature Tastes Ripe Avocado (1 Piece)
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SuperValu Fresh Chives (20 g)
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SuperValu Iceberg Lettuce (200 g)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- 100ml buttermilk
- 4 medium chicken thighs, sliced
- 3 tbsp Chinese 5 spice
- 1 medium lemon, zest only
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 bottle sunflower oil, for frying
- 100g flour
- 100g butter
- 2 medium red peppers, diced
- 2 medium star anise
- 1 medium garlic clove, crushed
- 100g mayonnaise
- 1 medium avocado, sliced
- 1 handful chives, chopped into 3cm pieces
- 2 tbsp honey, to drizzle
- 0.5 medium iceberg lettuce, cut into wedges
Method
- Preheat your oven to 160°C. Pop the buttermilk, lemon, and chicken into a bowl or container with a lid, season with salt and pepper. Leave to marinate overnight or for at least 2 hours.
- For the pepper sauce; put the red peppers, star anise, butter, and oil into an ovenproof dish. Put in the oven for 30 minutes until tender. Blitz until smooth in a mini blender. Season to taste. When the sauce is blended or just before, heat your oil to 180°C.
- Mix the 5 spice and flour together in a wide bowl. Drizzle a little buttermilk into the flour mix. Remove the chicken from the marinade and press each piece individually into the flour to coat it, make sure they’re well coated.
- Cook the chicken in batches, add a few pieces to the oil at a time, don’t add too many or it will bring down the temperature of the oil. Cook for 5-6 minutes until golden, drain using a slotted spoon. Sprinkle right away with sea salt.
- For the salad dressing; combine the mayo, buttermilk, garlic, and lemon juice in a small bowl with lots of black pepper and salt.
- Now for the fun part; the salad assembly. Arrange the iceberg wedges on a platter, and place the avocado on top of the lettuce. Top with the chicken and drizzle with the salad dressing and the pepper sauce.
- Sprinkle with the chopped chives and a drizzle of honey to serve.