Peri Peri Chicken Steaks with Shoestring Fries

Peri Peri Chicken Steaks with Shoestring Fries

Ready in 40 minutes Serves 6
This dish most recently appeared in Bargain Box (5 Nights For 6) on Sunday, August 22, 2021.

Ingredients

Peri Peri Mayo

  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 75g peri peri sauce

Salad

  • 1 telegraph cucumber, cut in half & thinly sliced on an angle
  • 1 lettuce, shredded
  • 1 drizzle of olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp vinegar

Chicken

  • 900g free range chicken breasts, cut into steaks
  • 1 pack peri peri spices
  • 1 drizzle of oil
  • 1 lemon, cut into wedges

Fries

  • 800g potatoes, cut into skinny chips
  • 400g kumara, cut into skinny chips
  • 2 carrot, cut into skinny chips
  • 1 pinch of chilli flakes, optional
  • 1 drizzle of oil

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 220°C (or 200°C fan bake).
  2. Cut potatoes, kumara and carrot into skinny chips. Toss on 2 lined oven trays with chilli flakes (if using) and oil. Season with salt and pepper and bake for 30-35 minutes, until golden and tender. Swap trays halfway through cooking.
  3. Cut cucumber in half and thinly slice and shred lettuce. In a large bowl, toss with a drizzle of olive oil and vinegar. When ready to serve, season with salt and pepper.
  4. Pat chicken dry and cut into steaks. Place hand flat on top of chicken and slice through horizontally. Season with salt and toss with periperi spices and a little oil. When fries have about 12 minutes remaining, heat oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat.
  5. Cook chicken for 3-5 minutes each side, until cooked through.
  6. In a small bowl, mix together periperi sauce and mayo.
  7. Peri peri chicken with skinny fries, salad and peri peri mayo.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1850 kj
442 kcal
Protein 38.1g
Carbohydrate 29.2g
Fat 17.8g