Jerk chicken, plantains and mango salsa

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Updated 27/04/2014 just spotted that I uploaded the pics here but didn’t get round to adding the text. Oops.

So, what we have here is a tasty little number made of chicken thighs dusted with homemade jerk seasoning, char-grilled until nicely blackened. The plantains were sliced about half-inch thick before being fried in a little coconut oil. The salsa was a mixture of fresh mango, orange pepper, spring onions and green chillies.Jerk chicken, plantain and mango salsa

A spritz of fresh lime juice on the chicken just before serving – deeelish 🙂

A productive day

After an early start to get to the gym I managed to clean my kitchen, make chicken stock, make a pot of soup, clean the kitchen again, mix a batch of jerk seasoning, tweak a new Lära bar recipe and sit out in the sun with a cup of tea.

Pat on the back for me 🙂

Unfortunately not much left for me to do tomorrow……

This week’s menu – 11 April 2014

  • Confit duck w/ mashed celeriac and garlic greens
  • Piña colada chicken w/ broccoli
  • White fish and sweet potato curry w/ Keralan greens
  • Jerk chicken w/ fried plantain and mango salsa
  • Ragu-stuffed aubergine w/ peperonata
  • Pizzas

This week’s menu – 4 April 2014

 

  • Ratatouille w/ Czech meatballs
  • Plantain nachos topped w/ spicy carnitas, guacamole and soured cream
  • Cuban chicken
  • Salmon ceviche and roast beetroot and butter w/ feta
  • Braai wors w/ slaw
  • Thai spiced fish cakes w/ som tam salad
  • Reuben rolls