One bite of this tender roast chicken, accompanied with elegant sides: braised eggplant with crumbly cheese, a crisp radish salad and flatbreads makes it clear why the simple things are hard to beat.
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1
eggplant
1
lemon
1
half chicken
1
Brown Onion
1 packet
tomato paste
1 packet
garlic paste
(May be present Egg, Milk, Gluten, Soy, Fish, Sesame, Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew, Hazelnut, Macadamia, Pecan, Pistachio, Walnut, Pine Nut. )
2
radish
1 bag
mint
1 packet
roasted almonds
(Contains Almond; May be present Gluten, Peanut, Sesame, Milk, Soy. )
1 bag
salad leaves
1 bag
parsley
4
flatbreads
(Contains Gluten, Soy; May be present Egg, Peanut, Sesame, Milk, Almond, Brazil Nut, Cashew, Pecan, Pistachio, Walnut, Pine Nut, Hazelnut, Macadamia. )
¼ packet
Greek salad cheese/feta cheese
(Contains Milk; )
1 packet
Greek-Style Yoghurt
(Contains Milk; )
1 sachet
Turkish Sumac Seasoning
olive oil
½ cup
water
20 g
butter
(Contains Milk; )
1 drizzle
red wine vinegar
• Preheat oven to 240°C/220°C. • Cut eggplant into bite-sized chunks. Place on a lined oven tray. Drizzle generously with olive oil, season with salt and toss to coat. Roast until tender, 15-20 minutes. • Meanwhile, slice lemon into wedges. • In a small bowl, combine Greek-style yoghurt, Turkish sumac seasoning and a squeeze of lemon juice, then season with salt.
TIP: Adding enough olive oil ensures the eggplant will cook in time!
• Season the half chicken with salt and pepper. • Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook chicken, skin-side down first, until browned, 4-5 minutes each side. • Transfer chicken to a second lined oven tray, then spread 1/2 the yoghurt mixture over the chicken. • Roast chicken until cooked through, 25-30 minutes. Set aside to rest for 5-10 minutes.
TIP: Chicken is cooked through when it's no longer pink inside.
• When the eggplant is done, thinly slice onion. • Return the frying pan to medium-high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Cook onion until softened, 3-4 minutes. • Add tomato paste and garlic paste and cook until fragrant, 1 minute. • Add the roasted eggplant and the water, then stir to combine. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until reduced, 3-4 minutes. • Add the butter and stir to combine. Season to taste. Transfer to a serving bowl.
• Meanwhile, thinly slice radish. Pick and roughly chop mint leaves. Roughly chop roasted almonds. • In a large bowl, add radish, mint, almonds, salad leaves and a drizzle of red wine vinegar and olive oil. Season to taste and set aside.
• Drizzle flatbreads with olive oil and season. • Wipe out the frying pan and return to medium-high heat. • Working with one at a time, cook flatbreads until golden and warmed through, 1-2 minutes each side. Transfer to a serving plate.
• Toss radish salad. Slice lemon yoghurt roast chicken in half. Roughly chop parsley. • Crumble Greek salad cheese (see ingredients) over eggplant, then sprinkle over parsley. • Bring everything to the table to serve. Help yourself to chicken, salad, braised eggplant and flatbreads. • Serve with sumac yoghurt and any remaining lemon wedges. Enjoy!