CLASSY CANAPES:
These easy-to-make, tasty little bites will more than impress as Christmas Day starters or to serve with festive drinks.
ultimate party snacks
Spicy chicken with chilli lime dipping sauce
MAKES ABOUT 32 PREP AND COOK TIME 25 MINUTES (+ MARINATING TIME) You will need about 32 toothpicks
8 chicken thigh fillets 2 tablespoons fish sauce 2 cloves garlic, chopped finely 2 fresh small red chillies, seeded, chopped finely 1 teaspoon caster sugar 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil chopped fresh coriander leaves and spring onion, for serving lime wedges, for serving
CHILLI LIME DIPPING SAUCE
2 tablespoons lime juice 2 tablespoons water 2 teaspoons sugar 2 teaspoons fish sauce 1 fresh small red chilli, seeded, chopped finely 2 teaspoons finely chopped coriander stalks
1 Cut chicken into 4cm pieces. 2 Combine the fish sauce, garlic, chilli and sugar in a medium bowl. Add chicken; mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight, turning occasionally.
3 CHILLI LIME DIPPING SAUCE
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl; stir until the sugar is dissolved. 4 Heat a large frying pan or barbecue flat plate over medium heat. Brush pan with oil; cook chicken, in batches, for 4 minutes each side or until browned and cooked through. 5 Insert toothpicks into chicken pieces. Sprinkle with coriander and spring onion and serve with Chilli Lime Dipping Sauce and lime wedges.