Bang Bang Chicken

Cooking time: 15 mins
Preparation time: 10 mins marinating
Serves: 4
Vegetarian: No
Ingredients:
- 4tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 4 chicken thighs, boned
- 1 carrot, peeled and trimmed
- 1 red pepper, cored and deseeded
- 4 spring onions, trimmed
- 50g beansprouts
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- ½ tsp caster sugar
- 25g/1oz salted peanuts, chopped
- 8 –12 Little gem lettuce leaves
How to cook it:
- Season the skin of the chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Heat a non-stick frying pan until hot, add the chicken, skin side down and cook over a medium heat for 10 mins or until the skin is really crisp and golden – you can spoon of the excess fat during cooking
- Meanwhile, finely slice the carrots and pepper into matchsticks; finely shred the spring onions; then mix together in a bowl with the beansprouts. Add the vinegar, soy, oil and sugar and mix well. Cover and leave to marinate whilst the chicken cooks
- Turn over the chicken and fry for a further 5 mins or until cooked through. Transfer to a chopping board and leave to cool slightly before finely slicing. Stir into the vegetable mixture
- To serve, spoon a little of the chicken and vegetables into the little gem lettuce leaves, then scatter over the peanuts. Serve cold

