Main Meals

Grilled chicken with peanut, citrus and basil sauce

4
Easy
15 minutes
10 minutes
Wine/Spirit Pairing
Thelema Chardonnay 2008

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Ingredients

Method
  • 4 portions chicken breast, skin on
  • Olive oil
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • Basil leaves, to garnish
  • For the sauce

  • ¾ cup smooth organic peanut butter
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1/3 cup orange juice
  • ½ cup packed basil leaves, shredded
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.

2. If the chicken is on the bone, remove and keep the bone for making broth or stock. Moisten with olive oil and season with salt.

3. In a nonstick pan over a low heat, cook gently until the skin is crisp and golden.

4. Turn and place, skin-side up, in the oven for 5 minutes or until just done and still moist. Season with black pepper.
Serve with the peanut sauce and garnish with basil leaves.

5. To make the sauce: Whisk together the peanut butter, garlic and citrus juices. Stir in the basil and season.

Cook’s note: Serve with a salad of shredded cucumber and carrot with lemon juice and sunflower oil.

Phillippa Cheifitz

Recipe by: Phillippa Cheifitz

Regular TASTE contributor Phillippa is a well-known South African author and food writer, and has won many awards, both for her magazine features and her cookbooks.

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