Thermapen Recipes

Persian Saffron Chicken Salad

Mike Tomkins’ simple and flavourful grilled chicken thighs marinated in yoghurt and sumac. Served with creamy homemade hummus, sumac onions and flatbreads.

For super juicy chicken, make sure to spot-check it using your Thermapen and remove from the heat at 74 °C.

This recipe is part of Mike Tomkins’ Summer Salad series. Check out the series to get more inspiration for your summer meals.

Ingredients

Serves 2-3

For the saffron chicken

6 chicken thighs
1 white onion, grated
200g 10% fat Greek yoghurt
1g bloomed saffron
1 lemon, juiced

For the sumac onions

1 red onion, finely sliced
1 lemon, juiced
1 tbsp sumac
A small handful of fresh parsley, finely chopped
Pinch of salt

For the hummus

250g chickpeas
60ml lemon juice
1 garlic clove
50ml olive oil
Large pinch of salt
12 ice cubes

Method

Marinated cooked chicken on a skewer is lying on a bed of hummus, on a white plate. Next to it is a dressed salad, sumac onions and pitta.

Combine the chicken thighs with the marinade ingredients and leave in the fridge for 2-24 hours before cooking.
To make the onions, combine all of the ingredients and leave to rest for at least an hour.
To make the hummus, combine all of the ingredients in a food processor and blitz until smooth and creamy.

Thread the chicken thighs onto skewers. The skewers are best cooked on the BBQ but can be grilled in your oven instead if you prefer. Either way, cook the cook the chicken until it reaches an internal temperature of 74 °C on your Thermapen.
Serve with warm flatbreads, salad and your homemade hummus and sumac onions.

Marinated cooked chicken on a skewer is lying on a bed of hummus, on a white plate. Next to it is a dressed salad, sumac onions and pitta. In front of the plate is bright, fluorescent Thermapen.

Mike Tomkins

Masterchef 2021 Runner Up

@thenotecook

"Thermapen is one of those kitchen tools I can't live without - it's something I use every single day from making sauces, to bbq cooking, to private dining and events, it comes with me everywhere! A Thermapen will improve you as a chef and a cook by taking the guess work out of complex cooking."

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