Description
A quick and simple dish that works perfectly as a midweek meal, or as a sharing dish for a get-together with friends. These tacos are actually mini Indian flatbreads which goes perfectly with spicy pulled chicken and crisp Indian slaw.
Ingredients
Spicy pulled chicken:
1 packet of Goan curry sauce
4 chicken thighs, boneless
2 tsp sugar, optional
Indian purple slaw:
125g red cabbage, finely sliced
50g red onion, finely sliced
80g carrots, finely sliced
1 handful of coriander, chopped
80g mayonnaise
80g yoghurt, Greek or plain
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Flatbreads:
120g plain flour
1 tbsp oil
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6.
2. To make the dough, add the oil to the flour and stir in around 6 tbsp of water – you may need more or less. Turn out onto a work surface and knead to a dough, Cover and leave to rest for 10-15 min.
3. Using a pestle and mortar, grind the spices from the spice packet until fine (you might need to lightly dry toast them to help, especially with the chilli, if using). If you don’t have a pestle and mortar, save the spices for another dish.
4. Mix the sauces in a bowl and add the sugar (if using) and ground spices. Place the chicken in a snug roasting tin and pour over most of the sauce, making sure they are completely coated. Roast for 15-18 min.
5. About halfway through cooking, pour the remaining sauce over the chicken. Once the chicken is cooked through, remove from the oven and leave to rest for 5 min before pulling or shredding the chicken with two forks. Mix with the sauce and juices in the roasting tin. Keep warm.
6. To make the flatbreads:
Roll out the dough into a log and cut into 10 equal portions. Place your flat griddle, tava or a frying pan on the hob and heat on a medium flame. Roll the dough portions into small balls, then using a little dry flour, roll the first one out to a 10 cm round flatbread.
7. Pat between your hands to remove excess flour and place straight onto the pan. Cook for 30 sec on each side, or until they are cooked through and have small brown spots on both sides. While one is cooking, roll out the next. Stack the cooked flatbreads on top of each other as you go.
8. Meanwhile, make the slaw by stirring together all the ingredients. Taste and adjust seasoning. Build the tacos with a good, even filling of the chicken and then top with the slaw.
Enjoy!
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