Tamarind Chicken

Name: Tamarind Chicken
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian Inspiration
Ingredients: 600g Lilydale Free Range Chicken thigh fillets; 750 ml vegetable oil for deep-fryin; Salt, to season; 2 egg whites; Â¼ tsp baking soda; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tsp corn starch mixed with Â½ cup water; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 2 tbsp tamarind puree; 1 cucumber, sliced; 1 tomato, sliced; 1 cup loosely packed coriander leaves; 1 thick spring onion, thinly sliced

30 mins Prep

30 mins Cook

4 Serves

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Here’s a bit of a different spin on sweet and sour chicken. Tamarind provides sourness but also the delicious aroma of dried fruit, while the tender free range chicken is contained in a crisp, double-fried alkaline batter.

For the Chicken:

600g Lilydale Free Range Chicken thigh fillets
750 ml vegetable oil for deep-fryin
Salt, to season
2 egg whites
¼ tsp baking soda
1 tbsp fish sauce

For the Sauce:

2 tsp corn starch mixed with ½ cup water
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp tamarind puree

To Serve:

1 cucumber, sliced
1 tomato, sliced
1 cup loosely packed coriander leaves
1 thick spring onion, thinly sliced

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Thinly slice the Lilydale free range thigh fillets into long strips about 1 cm wide. Combine with the fish sauce, baking soda, egg whites, corn starch, a good pinch of salt and about ¼ cup of water and mix to a thin batter. Set aside to stand for 10 minutes.

Heat the oil in a large saucepan to 170C. Fry the chicken in batches for about 3 minutes each until lightly golden and just cooked. Set aside to drain on a wire rack while you fry the remaining batches. Allow the chicken to rest and cool for about 15 minutes while you make the tamarind sauce.

For the tamarind sauce, combine the tamarind puree, vinegar, sugar and fish sauce together in a wok with ½ a cup of water and bring to a simmer. Simmer for a minute to dissolve the sugar, then drizzle in enough of the corn starch mixture to create a sauce thick enough to coat the chicken.

Return the oil to the heat and heat to 200C. Fry the chicken again for a minute or two until golden and crisp. Toss through the sauce and transfer to a serving plate and serve with the