Marmite Chicken

Name: Marmite Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) chicken thighs, boneless and skin on; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) chicken thighs, boneless and skin on; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) chicken thighs, boneless and skin on; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 1 tbsp soy sauce; sunflower oil, for deep-frying; 4 tbsp katakuriko potato starch or cornflour (cornstarch); 4 tbsp katakuriko potato starch or cornflour (cornstarch); 4 tbsp katakuriko potato starch or cornflour (cornstarch); 2 tbsp spring onions (scallions), thinly sliced on the diagonal, to garnish; 2 tbsp spring onions (scallions), thinly sliced on the diagonal, to garnish; 2 tbsp Marmite; 2 tbsp dark soy sauce; 8 tbsp mirin (or 4 tbsp honey mixed with 4 tbsp water); 8 tbsp mirin (or 4 tbsp honey mixed with 4 tbsp water); 4 tbsp sake or shao xing wine; 4 tbsp sake or shao xing wine; 160 ml (5½ fl oz/⅔ cup) rice vinegar; 160 ml (5½ fl oz/⅔ cup) water; 120 g (4 oz/⅔ cup) granulated sugar; 2 tbsp sea salt; 2 large cucumbers, thinly sliced; 1 large red chilli, thinly sliced; 2 tbsp dried wakame seaweed

Crispy Chicken, Marmite and Soy Sauce with Sweet Cucumber and Wakame Pickle

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Larder

By Luiz Hara

Published 2018

About

Just like soy sauce and balsamic vinegar, soy sauce and Marmite is an umami-rich combination. This recipe was inspired by a recent trip to Malaysia, where a similar Nyonya dish is ubiquitous. I tweaked it though, increasing the Marmite kick and making it less sweet. This is one of my favourite recipes in this book!

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) chicken thighs, boneless and

Asia
Malaysia
Japan
Main course
South East Asia

Method

Make the sweet cucumber pickle first – this can be made in advance. Combine the rice vinegar, measured water and sugar in a pan and bring to the boil over a high heat. Remove from the heat and let it cool down for 1 hour.
In a colander, sprinkle the salt over the cucumber slices and rub it over them until they are completely covered. Place a plate with a weight