Jonathan Phang and James martin served up a tasty Macanese African chicken with fried rice on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
The ingredients are: 1x 1.2kg spatchcock chicken – slash each leg two or three times with a sharp knife.
2 tbsps olive oil, I medium onion, 6 cloves garlic, 2 chilies, seeded, 1 tsp dried chilli flakes, 2 tbsps sweet paprika, 2 tsps Chinese five spice, 1 sprig of rosemary, 2tsp ground turmeric, 2tsp brown sugar, 200ml coconut milk, 2tbsps desiccated coconut, 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp black pepper.
For the Macanese Fried Rice: 3 tablespoons olive oil, 500g long grain rice, cooked (day old or microwaveable), 1 medium onion, finely sliced, 2 large cloves garlic, minced, I red chili, seeded and finely diced, ½ red pepper, (capsicum) diced, 8 slices of chorizo, 1/2cm thick and cut into half moons, 2 large eggs, lightly beaten, 8 black olives, pitted, 2 teaspoons light soy sauce, Salt and black pepper to taste and 1 tablespoon spring onions finely sliced (middle part).
See recipes from James Martin in his book titled: More Home Comforts: 100 new recipes from the television series, available at Amazon now.