Ghana Grilled Chicken + Baked Plantain Topical Salad
Using our popular Ghana Grilled Chicken recipe as the protein base, you’re in for a spicy, flavour-packed meal that will leave you never wanting to eat another type of salad again!
Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 35 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Servings 2 people
Calories 633 kcal
- 1/2 mango large
- 1/2 avocado medium
- 1/2 red onion
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 tbsp parsley leaves
- 4 chicken thighs skinless
- 4 cups lettuce
- 1 plantain medium
- 1 tsp olive oil
- Salt to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
- 1 white onion
- 1/2 cup chillis
- 2 tbsp ginger
- 1 lime
- 8 garlic cloves
- 1 chicken seasoning cube
Remove the skin from your chicken (optional).
Blend 1 chopped white onion, garlic, ginger and chillis.
Pour over your chicken thighs and add salt, chicken seasoning cube and black pepper to taste. You can marinate for 20 minutes to overnight in the fridge.
Preheat your oven to 180*C fan.
Peel and slice your plantain.
Add your plantain and chicken to a grilling rack and bake for 30 minutes until cook, flipping halfway through.
Salsa- while cooking, chop mango, red onion and tomatoes. Add to a bowl and season with a pinch of salt, the juice of lime and 1 tbsp olive oil. Mix.
To your serving bowl, add chopped lettuce, ½ sliced avocado per portion and your salsa.
When your chicken and plantains are ready, slice the chicken into strips and add along with plantain to your serving bowls.
Calories: 633kcalCarbohydrates: 70gProtein: 51gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 215mgSodium: 242mgPotassium: 2189mgFiber: 12gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 4160IUVitamin C: 140mgCalcium: 137mgIron: 5mg