This Five Spice Chicken bake will fill your house with the scent of warming spices and sticky soy - your mouth will be watering by the time it’s on the table!
We start by sprinkling the chicken with spices, frying up, and then place on a tray with cooked rice noodles, chopped cabbage and an Asian sauce. Finish the chicken in the oven, and you’ll have a very tasty dinner on your hands.
What's in this Five Spice Chicken Bake?
Spices - Chinese five spice, ground coriander, ground cumin, garlic powder
Chicken - use chicken thigh fillets (bone out, skinless).
Vegetables - red cabbage and green onion. You can swap the red cabbage for any other cruciferous vegetable you like, for example broccoli or cauliflower.
Rice noodles - use vermicelli rice noodles.
Sauce - Honey, sesame oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce (vegetarian optional).
What is Chinese Five Spice?
Chinese Five Spice is a warming spice mix based on five elements - fire, water, wood, earth and metal. It is a blend of star anise, cloves, cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns and fennel seeds, and makes a warming and very tasty spice mix. It's widely available at supermarkets.
Top tip when making Five Spice Chicken Tray Bake
Try to cook your chicken on one side, then another, and reduce the amount you move it around the pan. The more you move the chicken, the more the spice mixture will come off the chicken, rather than evenly coating it.
Substitutions
- Gluten-free - use tamari instead of light soy sauce.
- Dairy-free - this recipe is dairy free.
Kid-Friendly Variations
- For kids, serve their noodles plain and slice chicken into fingers. You can also skip the spices on their chicken if you think they'll prefer it plain, and skip the sauce at the end.
Equipment
You will need an oven, a baking tray, a saucepan, a stovetop, a frying pan.
Recipe
Equipment
- Oven
- Baking tray
- Saucepan
- Stovetop
- Frying pan
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
- 2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt and pepper ¾ teaspoon total for the recipe
- 500 g chicken thigh fillets skinless and bone out
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ⅓ red cabbage
- ¼ bunch green onion
- 200 g vermicelli rice noodles
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil 2 tablespoon total for the recipe
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- ¼ teaspoon salt and pepper ¾ teaspoon total for the recipe
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil 2 tablespoon total for the recipe
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 200 C (400 F) fan-forced, and line a tray with baking paper (if you are cooking for six, you may need two trays).
- Combine Chinese five spice powder, coriander, cumin, garlic powder and salt and pepper (opt.) in a bowl. Add chicken to coat.TIP: You can skip the seasoning if your child prefers plain chicken, just leave theirs out.1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder, 2 teaspoon ground coriander, 1 teaspoon ground cumin, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon salt and pepper, 500 g chicken thigh fillets
- Place a medium saucepan of water on the stove to boil.
- Heat a large frying pan over medium heat and add vegetable oil. Add chicken thigh fillets and cook for 5 mins on one side.2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Chop cabbage into 1 cm pieces and trim green onions and slice into 3 cm lengths.⅓ red cabbage, ¼ bunch green onion
- Add vermicelli noodles to the boiling water and take off the heat. Let stand for 4 minutes in hot water. Make sure you give them a stir so they don’t stick together, and drain when cooked. Continue to the next step.200 g vermicelli rice noodles
- Turn chicken and cook for a further 5 minutes. Add green onions to the pan and cook.¼ bunch green onion
- Lay drained noodles out on the baking tray. If you think your child will prefer plain noodles you can put a portion on their plate now.200 g vermicelli rice noodles
- Once chicken has browned add cabbage, chicken and onion to the tray. Drizzle over honey, sesame oil, salt and pepper (opt.), and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Place in the oven for 8 mins.⅓ red cabbage, 2 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, ¼ teaspoon salt and pepper
- Make a sauce by mixing together remaining sesame oil, soy sauce and oyster sauce.1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- To serve, remove the chicken from the oven and rest for 5 mins. Then pour over dressing and divide amongst plates.Serve little kids plain noodles if you set them aside earlier, and slice chicken into fingers.
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