Roasted Chicken Leg Recipe
Recipe by Ethan Wong
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Notes
Cooking Tips
- Meats marinated using salt does have a very low water absorption properties similar to the brining process.
- An alternative method of keeping the meat dry is to use fats. Types of fats to be used depends on the type of meat and important, the result that you yearn.
- However, I use water because I prefer to keep it as low fat as possible, hence I make use of the absorption properties causes by the salt.
Ingredients
- 300 g Boneless Chicken Leg (chicken breast as option)
- 1 pcs Onion
- 2 pcs Tomatoes
- 100 g Sweet Beans
- 1 tsp Cajun (1 tsp per pound of meat)
- to taste Salt
- Olive Oil (as needed)
- Black Pepper (as needed)
- 1 tbsp Yellow Mustard
Instructions
Preparation
- Clean and season chicken with salt and cajun seasoning.
- Cut White Onion and Tomato into oblique.
- Cut green beans into about 1 inch in length then keep aside.
- Preheat oven to 230 degrees Celsius.
- With a baking tray, add white onions, red tomatoes, green beans, olive oil, salt, and black pepper. Mix well.
Roasting Boneless Chicken Leg
- Roast mix vegetables for 15 minutes at 230 degrees Celsius.
- Then place the marinated boneless chicken leg over the roasted vegetables.
- Roast for another 30 minutes. (Butterfly chicken breast will take about 11 minutes.
- Meanwhile, poach the sweet beans for 30 – 45 seconds with some salt.
- Soak sweet beans in a cold bath to stop the cooking process. Strain and peel both ends.
- Once the chicken is done remove and set aside.
- Reduce the gravy in the roasting tray with a tablespoon of yellow mustard.
- Season with salt as necessary.
- Remove gravy from heat and set aside.
Presentation
- Carefully place a generous amount of roasted vegetables on a clean plate.
- Place the roasted chicken slanted over the roasted vegetable.
- Pour a spoonful or two of the gravy on the roasted chicken.
- Garnish with peeled sweet beans.
Nutrition
Calories : 138kcalCarbohydrates : 1gProtein : 14gFat : 6gSaturated Fat : 2gCholesterol : 52mgSodium : 317mgPotassium : 149mgFiber : 1gSugar : 1gVitamin A : 493IUIron : 1mg