Nigel Barden served up Hainanese chicken on Drivetime with Sara Cox to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Nigel served the dish with steamed brown rice and home-made Sriracha hot sauce.

The ingredients are: 2 tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp sake (rice wine), 4-5 black peppercorns, 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped, 5cm piece of fresh root ginger (peel on), washed and sliced, 3 spring onions, cut in half, salt, 1 x 1.5kg whole chicken, skin removed and fat trimmed.

The recipe is take from Masterchef winner Shelina Permalloo’s book : Sunshine on a Plate.