Chef Noel Cunningham’s Mango recipes

 

Chef Noel Cunningham’s Mango recipes

It's mango season!

This Mango Avocado and Cucumber salad is bursting with fresh tropical flavors - a healthy salad with a slightly sweet, tangy dressing and a hint of pepper.

Ingredients

2 mangos, cubed

1 avocados, cubed

1 cucumber

Vinaigrette

1/2 cup olive oil

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

1tsp honey

Salt and ground black pepper to taste

1tbs fresh parsley, finely chopped

1/2 Scotch bonnet pepper de-seeded

Directions

1. Mix all the vinaigrette ingredients in a blender then chill in the refrigerator.

2. Toss mangoes, avocado and cucumber in a medium size bowl. Drizzle with the chilled vinaigrette and serve on a bed of lettuce.

 

Mango Coconut Baked Chicken with a hint of Curry

There's something about the combination of mango and coconut that just works.

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

Total time: 40 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients

6 chicken thigh bone-in, skin-on

1tbs curry powder

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

3 cloves garlic, chopped

2 stalk fresh thyme and scallion, chopped

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Sauce

1 cup roughly chopped mango (any mango except stringy)

1 cup coconut milk

1 medium onion

cloves garlic, chopped

1 tsp ginger, chopped

2 tsp curry powder

Instructions

1. Marinate chicken thigh with the first five ingredients and place in a baking dish with the chicken skin side up; then bake for 25 minutes.

2. Place the coconut milk and mango in a blender and purée until smooth.

3. Heat oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat, and add onions, garlic and ginger, stirring occasionally until soft for about 5 minutes. Add the curry and cook for another minute, then add mango coconut puree and simmer for 5 minutes on a low flame. Turn off flame and set aside.

4. When the chicken is almost baked, pour mango sauce over the chicken and leave to cook for an additional 5 minutes.

If desired, serve on a bed of rice.

 

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