Sri Lankan baked chicken
Serves 4
Easy
Total time:
+ marinating
This is a take on a classic Sri Lankan dish that's been westernised for home cooks. Traditionally, cooking in the country is done over heat, but this recipe is baked in the oven
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- 8 chicken thighsskinned
MARINADE
- ½ onionquartered
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1.5cm piece ginger
- 1 tbsp chilli powder
- ½ tbsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 5 black peppercorns
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 90ml vegetable oil
- 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
- ½ limejuiced
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 bay leaves
Method
step 1
Put all the marinade ingredients into a food processor and whizz until you have a coarse paste. Put the chicken into a shallow ovenproof dish and pour over the marinade. Mix well, cover and marinate for 30 minutes.
step 2
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Cover the dish with foil, poke several large holes in it and bake for 60 minutes until the chicken is cooked and the sauce has reduced.