Chicken Sajji

Name: Chicken Sajji
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken (about 1.2 kg), skin removed, with deep cuts in the breast and legs; For the marinade: 3 tbsp lemon juice, 1½ tsp salt, 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp chaat masala, 2 tbsp oil; For the rice: 1 cup (200 g) basmati rice, soaked for 30 minutes, 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp black pepper, 1 tsp chaat masala, 2 tbsp oil; 2 tbsp butter, melted; Lemon wedges and chaat masala, to serve

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Time: 120 min
Serves: 4

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Ingredients

1 whole chicken (about 1.2 kg), skin removed, with deep cuts in the breast and legs
For the marinade: 3 tbsp lemon juice, 1½ tsp salt, 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp chaat masala, 2 tbsp oil
For the rice: 1 cup (200 g) basmati rice, soaked for 30 minutes, 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp black pepper, 1 tsp chaat masala, 2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp butter, melted
Lemon wedges and chaat masala, to serve

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Method

Mix the marinade, rub it all over the chicken and into the cuts and leave for at least 2 hours, or overnight in the fridge.
Boil the rice in plenty of water with the salt and cumin for 8–9 minutes until just cooked. Drain and mix with the pepper, chaat masala and oil.
Heat the oven to 200°C. Stuff the chicken with as much rice as fits and tie the legs together with thread. Keep the rest of the rice warm.
Put the chicken on a rack over a tray with ½ cup water in it. Cover with foil and roast for 50 minutes.
Remove the foil, brush with the butter and roast for 25–30 minutes more, basting twice, until golden and the juice from the thigh runs clear.
Rest for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with chaat masala and serve with the rest of the rice, lemon and raita.

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