Palm Sugar Chicken with Olive Parsley Relish

Name: Palm Sugar Chicken with Olive Parsley Relish
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; a pinch of sumac; salt to taste; ½ cup olive oil; 1 tbsp dried oregano; 2 tbsp sumac; 1 cup palm sugar (the soft, sticky kind, often called jaggery), crumbled; grated rind of 1 lemon; 3 tbsp Italian parsley, roughly chopped; ½ cup green olives, pitted and roughly chopped; 1 cup chicken stock; flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 cup palm sugar (the soft, sticky kind, often called jaggery), crumbled; 8 chicken breasts, deboned, skin-on; flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Set a Table

By Karen Dudley

Published 2018

About

The sweet flavours of caramel palm sugar do a tango with salty olive and sour sumac. This is an accessible yet exciting chicken dish. Serve it with confidence and without compromise. Your guests will love it!

Ingredients

8 chicken breasts, deboned, skin-on
flaked sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 cup palm sugar (the

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Season the breasts with salt and white pepper and lay them out in a roasting dish. Mix together the palm sugar, sumac, oregano and olive oil. Spread this mixture liberally over the chicken. Pour the chicken stock between the breasts.