Pablo's Cajun Chicken Recipe

Taken from The Art of Eating Well by Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley (Ebury Press)

Ingredients

For the chicken:

• 180g ground almonds or use Sun Flour
• 2 eggs
• 6 pieces of chicken (use a mix of drumsticks and thighs), skin on
• 1 tbsp ghee
• sea salt and black pepper

For the spice mix:

• 3 tsp hot smoked paprika or 2½ tsp smoked sweet paprika with ½ tsp cayenne pepper
• 1½ tsp ground cumin
• 1½ tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• ¾ tsp onion powder (optional)
• ¾t sp garlic powder (optional)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to fan 180°C/Gas mark 6 and line a baking tray with baking parchment.

2. Mix the ground almonds and ingredients for the spice mix in a bowl. In a second bowl, beat the eggs.

3. Dip the chicken pieces, one at a time, in the egg, then coat in the mix of ground almonds and spices and lay on the baking tray.

4. Gently heat the ghee and use a spoon to drizzle it over the pieces.

5. Bake for 45 minutes until golden and sprinkle with some sea salt and pepper.