APPLE CHICKEN ON A BED OF FRIED CRUNCHY FENNEL GARNISHED WITH MINT AND CORIANDER RECIPE: HOME INSPIRED

Apple Chicken on bed of fried crunchy fennel garnished with mint and coriander

Another home inspired recipe from my mother.  I don't know where my mother got this recipe from but this is really delicious.  I just threw the fennel bed myself into the recipe it was only $1.50 at the shops and the other day I tried fennel and it's quite nice and goes well with apple.  The apple we used was Granny smiths as they are not too sweet and is more suitable.  We mixed the apples with some truss tomatoes as well and everything tasted really good especially a hint of chili and curry leaves.

Recipe for Apple Chicken on bed of fried crunchy fennel garnished with mint and coriander.

Ingredients:
2 Granny smith apples
5 drumsticks
2 cloves of garlic
2 small chilies (more if you prefer to make it hotter)
5 small truss tomatoes
1/2 onion
1stem of curry leaves
Olive oil

Diced fennel

Mint and Coriander to garnish


Chicken marinate
Salt and pepper
1 tspn of Garlic and ginger powder
1 tspn of Light soy sauce
1 tspn of fish sauce

Method:


1) Marinade the chicken using salt and pepper, garlic and ginger powder, light soy sauce and fish sauce.  Let it sit so that the flavours sink in otherwise do it the night before.

Marinated chicken drumsticks

2) Dice the grannie smith apples into slices.  I diced them into 8 pieces for one apple.

Diced apples

3) Place the apples in a saucepan with hot water and bring it to boil so that it becomes soft and mushy.  Remove the skin once it becomes really soft and mushy.

Bring apple slices to boil and simmer until mushy

4) Heat a pan over high heat and add oil.  Place the chicken drumsticks on the pan and turn over 3-5 minutes on each side.  Add diced onions into the pan.

Chicken drumsticks in pan

5) Dice some tomatoes and add them to the chicken drumsticks.

Tomatoes added to pan

6) Add the mushy apple and mix with the tomatoes one they are soft and mushy too.  Stir well so they are mixed well.  Then add curry leave stems and chilies.

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7) Heat up another small pan with oil.  Add garlic and crunchy diced fennel to fry. Add a pinch of salt to the fennel when frying too.

8) Serve the dish on a plate with rice and garnish with coriander and mint.

Served apple chicken with rice

There you have it.  A delicious and succulent meal.  The chicken is really tasty because of the curry leaves and it's not dry because its in stewed in the tomato and apple sauce :).  Goes really well with the crunchy fennel with only salt and olive oil dressing.  Great for another winter night.  Happy Cooking xoxo!