Jamie Magazine
By Jamie Oliver
1 hr 25 mins
Not Too Tricky
serves 6
About the recipe
Roasting the chicken on top of these spice-packed spuds means you get the full whack of flavour as the juices seep into the potatoes.
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Ingredients
800g potatoes
4 ripe tomatoes
1 aubergine
1 red pepper
1 large onion
2 cloves of garlic
5cm piece of ginger
½ a bunch of fresh coriander
olive oil
2 tablespoons mustard seeds
1 handful of curry leaves
1 heaped teaspoon turmeric
6 large free-range chicken thighs, bone in
2 fresh red or green chillies
poppadoms
YOGHURT DRESSING
½ a bunch of fresh mint
½ a lemon
1cm piece of ginger
150g natural yoghurt
1 fresh green chilli
Method
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 5.
- Peel the onion, then cut into 3cm cubes with the potatoes, tomatoes, aubergine and pepper.
- Put the spuds in a large pan of salted water over a medium heat. Bring to the boil and cook for 10 minutes, then drain in a colander and leave to steam-dry for 3 minutes.
- Tip into a large bowl and mix with the tomato, aubergine, pepper and onion.
- Peel and finely slice the garlic. Peel and finely grate the ginger. Pick the coriander leaves and set aside, then chop the stalks.
- Heat a lug of oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic, ginger, coriander stalks, mustard seeds, curry leaves and turmeric, and cook for 2 minutes, or until fragrant. Leave to one side to cool slightly.
- Add the spice mix to the veg and potatoes, and tip onto a large roasting tray. Arrange the chicken on top and season.
- Roast in the bottom of the oven for 1 hour, or until the chicken is cooked and the veggies are gnarly.
- For the dressing, pick the mint leaves into a blender, squeeze in the lemon juice, then peel and add the ginger with the remaining dressing ingredients and a pinch of seasoning. Blitz until smooth.
- Top the chicken and potatoes with the coriander leaves. Finely slice and scatter on the chillies, then serve with poppadoms and the dressing on the side.
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