Spice up your chicken and veg offering with this delicious Japanese-inspired recipe where the presentation is as pleasant as the flavours. Served on a base of wasabi mayo, each bite is sure to pack pep.
Ingredients
- 1 chicken crown (approximately 800g)
- 90g shio koji
- ½ lemon
- 1 spring onion
- 150g good quality mayonnaise
- 75g wasabi paste
- 30g sesame seeds, toasted
- 100g asparagus
- 70g green beans
- 70g butter beans
- 70g sugar snap peas
- 80ml extra virgin olive oil
- 50ml lemon juice
- 20ml mirin
- Murray River Sea Salt and pepper to taste
Wasabi mayonnaise
Summer vegetables
Dressing for vegetables
Serves: 4-6
Preparation Time: 3-24 hours
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Method
Shio Koji Chicken
Rub shio koji over chicken crown and marinate for minimum of 3 hours or overnight, uncovered.
Wipe shio koji off the chicken crown and place lemon and spring onion into the cavity.
Insert Food probe into chicken. Place marinated chicken crown on the grilling and roasting insert, placed in the multi-purpose tray. Place in the oven on shelf position 2.
Select Steam Combination mode. Select Conventional 200°C + Core temperature 70°C + 70% moisture.
Turn the Warming Drawer on to Keep Warm function setting 2.
Once chicken is cooked, remove from the oven and place in pre-heated Warming Drawer to rest for 10 minutes.
Summer Vegetables
While chicken is resting, place vegetables on a perforated steam tray.
Steam at 100°C for 2 minutes.
Dressing for Vegetables
Whisk all ingredients together until emulsified.
To Serve
Remove breast meat from crown and slice. Toss summer vegetables in the dressing. Place the summer vegetables on a plate and top with two slices of chicken, followed by a dollop of wasabi mayonnaise.
Note
Shio koji is a fermented mixture of rice and salt that has been inoculated with a special (and safe) mould called Aspergillus oryzae. It is a live food that is enzyme rich. Koji is the key ingredient in making miso, soy sauce, sake and mirin. In this application, shio koji is used as a natural seasoning to marinate, tenderise and enhance the natural umami of the chicken. It can be purchased from Japanese specialty stores.
Recipe presented by Miele
