Starship Spice
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TypeMain course
Serves4 people
DateSeptember 28, 2026
A spicy rocket of chicken and sweet potato, landed in a sharp salsa – tension on your plate.
Long, angled chicken fillets form the megarocket; a sweet potato wedge as the booster and red chili as fiery flames. All lands on a ring of tangy, sharp salsa verde. The silhouette: a rocket just launched, echoing SpaceX’s tense flight.
Ingredients
- 4 large chicken breasts
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 2 red chili peppers
- 1 bunch coriander
- 2 limes
- 1 bunch parsley
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tbsp capers
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red onion
- salt and black pepper
- 1 tsp ground cumin
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into thick, long pieces (about 10 cm).
- Place the potato pieces on a baking tray, drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper, and cumin. Roast for 25 minutes until cooked and lightly caramelized.
- Pat the chicken breasts dry and trim if needed to keep them long.
- Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a grill pan. Grill the chicken until golden and cooked through (about 10 minutes). Season with salt and pepper.
- Halve the chili peppers lengthwise, remove seeds, slice into long thin strips.
- Make salsa verde: finely chop coriander, parsley, garlic, capers, and red onion. Mix with juice of 2 limes, 2 tbsp olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- Spread a broad ring of salsa verde on each plate.
- Place a sweet potato piece diagonally as the 'booster' on the salsa.
- Lay a chicken fillet diagonally on the potato so together they form a rocket.
- At the base, arrange the chili strips as fiery flames.
Serving notes
- Serve with extra lime wedges for more sharpness.
- Garnish with fresh coriander for color and tension.
- Stand the whole on its end for the best rocket effect.