Go Back
Print Pin

Hewie's Chicken

Also known as Iain Hewitson's Warm Chicken Salad
Course Main Course
Cuisine Australian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

Chicken Salad

  • 3 chicken breasts (sliced lengthways into tenderloins)
  • 8 potatoes (cut in half)
  • 1 whole red capsicum
  • 1 whole green capsicum
  • 4 tomatoes
  • ½ iceberg or large cos lettuce
  • 1-2 cups mixed salad greens
  • 1 tsp olive oil (for cooking on bbq)

Marinade

  • 1 & ½ cups extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 cup coriander leaves
  • 1 cup italian parsley leaves (flat parsley, not curly)
  • 1 heaped tsp turmeric
  • 1 heaped tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp sambal olec
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce

Instructions

Pre-BBQ steps

  • Blitz all marinade ingredients in blender, it should not be a smooth puree, but a bit 'bitsy' and colourful.Split into two halves, and set one half aside in the fridge
  • Cut the potatoes into halves, and parboil the potatoes until they are soft on the outside but semi-firm on the inside. This should be around 8-15 minutes on a near-rolling boil depending on the size of the potatoes.
  • Slice the chicken into tenderloins, and marinate the chicken for at least an hour in one half of the marinade.
  • Prepare a salad with shredded lettuce, lettuce greens, finely sliced capsicums and tomatoes cut into quarters

BBQ time

  • Put the bbq on!
  • Coat the potatoes in olive oil and put on the bbq grill, cook for about 20-30 minutes
  • After 10 minutes, put the marinated chicken on a bbq plate (it burns less on a plate than a grill, but bbq grill is fine)
  • Take the chicken off the bbq when it's cooked and cover it in a bowl to retain moisture
  • The potatoes are ready when they're crunch on the outside

Serving

  • Plate up some chicken tenderloins, potato halves and salad to each plate. Drizzle with the leftover marinade and use as a sauce.

Notes

My mother had this recipe on a VHS tape that she recorded from the television in 1995. We've never been able to find this recipe anywhere in any Iain Hewitson recipe book, but it's been a family favourite for decades!