Spicy Blood Orange and Lemongrass Chicken
Attention, citrus lovers: This dish includes zest in the lemongrass-chile rub, juice in the refreshing dressing, and peeled segments in the crunchy cucumber and shallot topping.
Attention, citrus lovers: This dish includes zest in the lemongrass-chile rub, juice in the refreshing dressing, and peeled segments in the crunchy cucumber and shallot topping.
don't bypass this recipe as being too "exotic"!-the ingredients are readily available in most places and the execution is fairly simple, and leads to a most extraordinary dish! I cut it down for just the two of us- two breast, 3 oranges zested, and 2 large shallots, but I kept the rest of it the same. The most difficult thing is the segmenting of the oranges-blood oranges are extremely difficult to see the segments! I used my 4th orange for just the juice for the dressing. I used a regular cucumber that I seeded before the slicing. If you are feeding more than two people, I would suggest some rice or noodles, but if only 2 of you with moderate appetites, this is a very easy dish and filling. It is not at all spicy as suggested in the name and I even upped the red pepper flakes to a full teaspoon-neat time I would add a little more just for the taste.