Roast Chicken with Mango

Ingredients

FOR THE CHICKEN

• 6 shallots
• 2 small red chillies 
• zest and juice 1 lime
• thumb-length piece of fresh root ginger
• 2 tsp sunflower oil
• 2 chicken breasts, skin on

FOR THE SALAD

• 1 red-skinned apple
• 1/2 mango , peeled and cut into matchsticks
• 1/2 small bunch mint
• 3 spring onions
• small bunch coriander
• 1/2 tsp fish sauce
• 1/4 tsp caster sugar 

HOW TO PREPARE:

1. Whizz the shallots in a food processor until finely chopped, then remove half and set aside (for the Sticky coconut rice, below). Add the roughly chopped chilli, 3/4of the ginger and all the lime zest, then whizz to a chunky paste. Tip into a frying pan with 1 tsp oil and some seasoning, then fry for a couple of mins until fragrant.
2. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Release the skin from the chicken breasts along one side, and stuff with spicy shallot stuffing. Can be done up to a day ahead. Season the skin, then roast in a roasting tin for 15-20 mins until golden, crisp and cooked through. Meanwhile, make the rice (see right).
3. Toss together the apple, mango, mint, spring onions and half the coriander. Mix the fish sauce, caster sugar, remaining ginger and lime juice, then set aside.
4. When the chicken is ready, remove it to a plate to rest. Sit the roasting tin on the hob. Spoon off any excess fat, then gently heat, adding the remaining lime juice and a splash more fish sauce, scraping up the chicken juices to make a sauce. Chop the remaining coriander, then stir into the sauce with the finely chopped chilli. Toss the salad with the dressing, then serve with the chicken, sauce and sticky rice.