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🍽️ Jamaican Chicken Thighs with Pineapple Salad
642 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 100 g small onions (3 small onions)
- 40 g ginger (1 piece)
- 3 green chili peppers
- 1 lime
- 1 tsp ground allspice
- 0.5 tsp dried thyme
- nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ground cloves
- 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- salt
- pepper
- 1200 g chicken drumsticks (4 chicken drumsticks)
- 1 kg pineapple (1 pineapple)
- 125 g red onion (3 red onions)
- 3 sprigs Thai basil
- 3 sprigs basil
- 0.5 lemon
- 2 tbsp agave syrup
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- 1. Peel the onions and cut them into coarse chunks.
- 2. Peel the ginger and chop it roughly.
- 3. Halve the chili peppers, remove the seeds, and rinse them.
- 4. Squeeze the lime to extract the juice.
- 5. Add the ginger, chili, allspice, thyme, grated nutmeg, cinnamon, ground cloves, rapeseed oil, soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of lime juice, and salt and pepper to the food processor.
- 6. Blend the mixture until smooth.
- 7. Wash the chicken thighs and pat them dry.
- 8. Pierce the thighs several times with a sharp knife or a fork.
- 9. Toss the thighs in the marinade in a bowl.
- 10. Cover the bowl with cling film and let the chicken marinate for at least 4 hours.
- 11. Peel the pineapple and cut it into quarters.
- 12. Remove the tough core from the pineapple quarters.
- 13. Cut the pineapple flesh into cubes.
- 14. Peel the red onions and slice them into thin strips.
- 15. Wash the basil stems and shake off excess water.
- 16. Pluck the basil leaves from the stems.
- 17. Slice the basil leaves into very thin strips.
- 18. Squeeze the lemon.
- 19. Mix the pineapple cubes, red onions, basil, agave syrup, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, and olive oil.
- 20. Let the salad sit for 30 to 60 minutes.
- 21. Season the salad to taste with salt and pepper.
- 22. Place the chicken thighs skin-side up on a baking sheet, greased if necessary.
- 23. Preheat the oven to 200 °C (convection: 180 °C, gas: setting 3).
- 24. Bake the chicken thighs for 40 minutes.
- 25. Serve the chicken pieces with the pineapple salad.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 642
- Protein: 58 g · Fett/Fat: 30 g · Carbs: 30 g