Quick bites: How to make this delicious spicy jerk chicken burger with maple slaw

Thanks to Maple From Canada for this recipe. It takes 30 minutes and serves four.

You’ll need

For the burger:

• 8 chicken thighs, skin on, bone in
• 50ml pure maple syrup
• 4 rolls
• Little Gem lettuce
• 1 beef tomato
• 1 mango
• 2 tbsp jerk seasoning
• 4 tbsp coconut cream
• 2 spring onions
• 1 green chilli
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
• Zest and juice of lime

For the Maple Slaw:

• ½ red cabbage
• 1 Braeburn apple
• 2 carrot
• ½ red onion
• 100ml pure maple syrup
• 100g thick natural yoghurt
• Juice of ½ lemon
• 2 tsp English mustard
• 2 tsp maple vinegar

Method

1. In a food processor, make the jerk marinade by blending jerk seasoning, coconut cream, chilli, spring onions, garlic and ginger
2. Add the lime zest and juice and season to taste
3. Cut the thighs down to the bone and smear with jerk marinade, then top with maple syrup
4. Roast in oven 200/180C fan for 30 minutes until cooked through, basting with maple
5. Remove the bone from chicken and build each burger with lettuce, mango and tomato
6. Mix cabbage, apple, carrots and onion in a large bowl
7. In a separate bowl, mix maple syrup, natural yoghurt, lemon juice, maple vinegar and mustard
8. Season and mix in the cabbage mixture
9. Chill, and serve on the side of your burger