Spicy Chicken Bake with a Blue Cheese Dressing

There are a number of completely different elements on this Ottolenghi dish, however they’re value searching for out. We have served this to pals a number of instances and it is extremely popular. Serve with steamed rice and corn tortillas.

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Spicy hen dish with blue cheese dressing – 4 individuals

• 15 dried cascabel peppers, stems and seeds eliminated
• 15 g dried chipotle peppers, stems and seeds eliminated
• 3 limes, 2 tbsp juice and 1 minimize into wedges to serve
• 150 g celery, peeled and really thinly sliced
• 1 purple chilli pepper, coarsely chopped with the seeds nonetheless in it
• 6 cloves garlic, peeled and coarsely chopped
• 1 x 400 g canned plum tomatoes
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 onions, halved and thinly sliced
• 450g cooked rotisserie hen, discard pores and skin and tear into coarse items
• 20 g contemporary coriander, coarsely chopped
• 5 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced
• 150 g buffalo mozzarella, coarsely torn

FOR THE BLUE CHEESE DRESSING:

• 150 grams of bitter cream
• 100 grams of cream cheese
• 100 g Roquefort cheese or Gorgonzola, finely crumbled
• 1 tbsp entire milk

Place the chiles in a small bowl and pour boiling water over them to cowl. Weight down with a saucer and put aside for 10 minutes.

Place the lime juice, celery and a pinch of salt in a small bowl, combine nicely and put aside to protect.

Drain the chillies and chop them coarsely. Place the contemporary chilli, garlic and tomatoes in a meals processor and puree till easy.

Preheat the oven to 240C, or as excessive as your oven goes.

Place the oil in a big, shallow forged iron pan and place over medium warmth. Add the onions and prepare dinner for 12 minutes, stirring sometimes, till softened and deep browned. Add the sweetened chilli combination, 100ml water and 1½ tsp salt. Convey to a boil, scale back warmth to low and prepare dinner for 10 minutes, stirring sometimes, till thickened. Add the cooked hen and one other 100 ml of water and simmer for one more 10 minutes. Take away from the warmth and stir within the cilantro and two-thirds of the spring onions.

In a medium bowl, combine all of the elements for the blue cheese dressing along with a pinch of salt and toss to mix. Reserve half of the combination and spoon the remaining over the hen combination. High with the shredded mozzarella and bake for quarter-hour or till browned and bubbly. Let relaxation for five minutes.

Stir the remainder of the spring onions into the pickled celery and spoon half over the hen dish. Serve the remainder of the celery, blue cheese dressing and lime wedges individually.

(Unique recipe from Ottolentghi Check Kitchen Additional Good Issues by Noor Murad & Yotam Ottolenghi, Ebury Press, 2022.)