JERK CHICKEN AND SALAD WRAPS
JERK CHICKEN AND SALAD WRAPS
JERK CHICKEN AND SALAD WRAPS

Ingredients
  • 1 spring onion
  • finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh thyme
  • 1 tsp ground allspice or ground pimento
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp vegetable oil
  • ½ tsp roughly chopped fresh garlic
  • 2 tsp roughly chopped scotch bonnets
  • 4 boneless chicken thighs
  • skin on
  • 4 ready-made rotis
  • olive oil
  • for rubbing
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ iceberg lettuce
  • shredded
  • large handful rocket
  • 1 x 198g tin sweetcorn
  • drained
  • ½ fresh coconut
  • flesh grated
  • 15 cherry tomatoes
  • halved
  • 200g/7oz tin kidney beans
  • drained
  • 75g/2½oz red cabbage
  • shredded
  • 75g/2½oz white cabbage
  • shredded
  • 75g/2½oz carrots
  • peeled and grated
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped flatleaf parsley
  • 4-5 tbsp mango purée
  • 100ml/3½fl oz mayonnaise
Directions
  • For the jerk chicken
  • put the spring onion
  • thyme
  • allspice
  • honey
  • soy sauce
  • vegetable oil
  • garlic and chilli in a food processor and blend into a thick paste. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Put the chicken thighs in a large bowl and rub generously with the paste. Cover and leave to marinate in the fridge overnight.
  • Preheat a barbecue or griddle pan to high and rub the chicken thighs with a little olive oil. Cook the thighs for 10–15 minutes on each side
  • until golden-brown
  • slightly charred and cooked through. Rest the chicken for 2–3 minutes and cut into slices.
  • Meanwhile mix together the salad ingredients in a bowl. Put the coleslaw ingredients in another bowl and mix to combine. In a third bowl
  • mix together the mango purée and mayonnaise.
  • Heat the rotis in a hot frying pan or on the barbecue
  • until they colour and puff up on both sides.
  • Place the warm rotis on four plates. Put some salad and coleslaw in the middle of each roti. Top with the jerk chicken
  • drizzle with the mango sauce
  • wrap and eat.