Name: Mum’s Filipino Chicken With Mango-Tomato Salsa
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 large chicken thighs, skin on and bone in (about 600g/1lb 5½oz); Sea salt and black pepper; 2 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced at an angle, to serve; For the Filipino-style sauce; 3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped; 4 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 2 tbsp tamari or soy sauce; 2 tsp-1 tbsp fish sauce or 2 tsp extra tamari or soy sauce; 2 tbsp coconut sugar or maple syrup; 2 star anise; ¼ tsp chilli flakes, or to taste; For the mango-tomato salsa; 1 big handful of fresh coriander; 100g/4oz cherry tomatoes, quartered; 100g/4oz peeled ripe mango, pineapple or stone fruit, diced; 2cm/¾in piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated; ½ clove garlic, peeled and finely grated; 1 jalapeño or other chilli, deseeded and diced; Juice of 1½ limes; 4 spring onions or 1 small red onion, trimmed and finely diced; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; A dash of hot sauce (optional)

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