Thai chicken cakes with sweet chilli sauce

Thai chicken cakes with sweet chilli sauce

A light and healthy supper that's a great variation on the chicken theme

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2 - 3

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20-25 minutes

Freezable

Method

  1. Toss the chicken, garlic, ginger, onion, coriander and chilli into a food processor and season well. Blitz until the chicken is finely ground and everything is well mixed. Use your hands to shape six small cakes.
  2. Heat the oil in a frying pan, then fry the cakes over a medium heat for about 6-8 minutes, turning once. Serve hot, with sweet chilli sauce, lime wedges, coriander, shredded spring onion and red chilli.
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With salad

Serve with a green salad made of Chinese leaves, mizuna, watercress and rocket.

Per serving for two

306 kcalories, protein 43g, carbohydrate 4g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 1g, salt 0.28 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2004.

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  • 06 July 2010

    Simone Cali-Hansson commented on this recipe

    Easy to make and delicious!

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  • 18 July 2010

    marksilv1 rated this recipe

    3 stars

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  • 13 August 2010

    marcus lochner commented on this recipe

    I used chicken thighs. They are both tastier and more moist.

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  • 30 August 2010

    Paula Jayne commented on this recipe

    I followed the instructions to food process the chicken and other ingredients together, but have to say that it made a very sludgy mixture which didn't handle well (earlier advice from Von to put the mix in the fridge is well worth following). I cling-filmed a 4 Yorkshire pudding tin, put the mix in each of the 4 indents to form 4 cakes, chilled it, and it made it much easier to take out and fry later (as well as nicely shaping them). The texture of the chicken cakes was, for me, too finely ground. Instead, mincing the chicken, food processing the other ingredients, then mixing all together in a bowl may produce a better texture. The taste of the dish was good but needs seasoning with salt and pepper (not in the recipe) and I may add some lemon grass paste next time. I enjoyed it, but would alter it as above next time I made it.

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  • 30 August 2010

    Mrs Horse commented on this recipe

    Awesome recipe, needs more chilli though! I also tried recipe using 300g pork mince and that is equally yummy!

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    12 September 2010

    ptw commented on this recipe

    Can these be frozen then cooked from frozen, or would they need defrosting first? Anyone?

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  • 15 September 2010

    Maisie70 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made these last night to practice before I do them for a dinner party starter and the whole family loved them! They are SO easy to make. I accidently picked up flat leaf parsley instead of coriander when shopping but they were still really tasty. I'll be trying them again with the coriander and some extra chilli next time - also I noticed a few comments about the recipe not having salt and pepper, but it does say to 'season well' in the method, just before you blitz the mixture in the food processor. All in all, a really tasty and versatile dish!!

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  • 19 September 2010

    lydia rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made these as a starter as I had made Thai Curry for the main and they compilmented each other very well. I didn't really measure out the ingredients but they tasted perfect anyway. Only made 5 with the mixture and we had one each on a small bed of spinach with the chilli sauce drizzled around it in a circle, looked very professional if I do say so myself! Definitely dinner party material. Everyone loved them and I will be making them again, probably for a main meal next time.

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  • 15 October 2010

    robinb rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These were quite good. I used about 1 1/2 tablespoon of ginger, because I like it so much and also a little extra cilantro because I had very large chicken breasts. So very tasty, we will definitely make these again.

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  • 26 October 2010

    Southcoast Gooner rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Surprised how easy this was. Will add to binder to use again in future.

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  • 16 November 2010

    karen rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I did change this recipe a bit because I thought it lacked original Thai flavours! The result was very tasty indeed! I used the equivalent weight in boneless chicken thighs as I find breast dries out too quickly. As well as the ingredients given in the recipe above, I added: 2 tbsp fish sauce, a pinch of sugar 1 tsp good green Thai curry paste and omitted the chilli as the paste is already very spicy I used spring onions rather than an ordinary onion 3 crumbled dried Kaffir lime leaves squeeze of lime juice Threw it all in the processor for a minute and fried the cakes in sunflower oil rather than olive oil. Rather delicious!!

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  • 03 March 2011

    Los&Chris commented on this recipe

    Tried this recipe last night and it wasn't received well. We didnt like the texture of the minced chicken and they were a bit bland, Thai fish cakes are much tastier. Good job we had my spicy noodle salad aswell!

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  • 15 March 2011

    Erin rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 10 April 2011

    d41d0y rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These are brilliant! If you don't have a blender/want a cheaper version, I used chicken mince and mixed everything thoroughly with a spoon. Also used 2 red chillis (seeds left in) as we like things spicy. Destined to become a regular in our weeknight meals, these taste fresh! Served with rocket and baby leaf salad.

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  • 16 April 2011

    Tracy commented on this recipe

    Delicious

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  • 21 April 2011

    Ian123 commented on this recipe

    I made this with a salad, was a bit bland, would add seasoning next time, maybe even cumin and tumeric or even a dash of paprika. It might seem a bit sticky at first, but once shaped and put into the frying pan it firms up quickly.

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  • Binder photo Nic

    30 May 2011

    Nic commented on this recipe

    These turned out really well, definitely need plenty of salt and pepper to stop them being bland though. I also add extra chillies, coriander and a squeeze of lime. really easy to make and look impressive too

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  • Binder photo Nic

    30 May 2011

    Nic rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    These turned out really well, definitely need plenty of salt and pepper to stop them being bland though. I also add extra chillies, coriander and a squeeze of lime. really easy to make and look impressive too

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  • 07 June 2011

    taskey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    really easy and quick to make, i used 3 scallions instead of a normal onion. might add a bit more hot spice next time as were not quite spicy enough for us, but still delicious

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  • Binder photo sam

    28 June 2011

    sam rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Quick, easy and tasty - perfect for a family supper!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2 - 3

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20-25 minutes

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 175g/6oz each), cubed
  • 1 garlic clove , roughly chopped
  • small piece fresh root ginger , peeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 small onion , roughly chopped
  • 4 tbsp fresh coriander , plus a few sprigs to garnish
  • 1 green chilli , seeded and roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • sweet chilli sauce , lime wedges, shredded spring onion and red chilli, to serve
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Per serving for two

306 kcalories, protein 43g, carbohydrate 4g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 1g, salt 0.28 g

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