Peri Peri Chicken

Peri Peri Chicken

Ready in 35 minutes Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 2) on Sunday, January 28, 2018.

With rice salad and vegetable pickle


Ingredients

PERI PERI CHICKEN

  • 275g lean chicken breasts
  • 1-1½ tablespoons peri peri sauce
  • 1 teaspoon oil, for cooking (or use spray oil)

RICE SALAD

  • 70g Japanese brown rice
  • ½ broccoli, florets and stalk diced 1cm
  • ½-1 tomato, diced 1cm
  • ½ carrot, grated
  • 1 tablespoon peri peri sauce
  • 3 tablespoons yoghurt
  • Zest and juice of ¼ lime

VEGETABLE PICKLE

  • ½ capsicum
  • ½ red onion
  • 1 courgette
  • ¾ teaspoon oil, for cooking (or use spray oil)
  • 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar

TO SERVE

  • Remaining yoghurt
  • ¼ lime, cut into wedges
  • 1-2 tablespoons finely chopped coriander

Steps

  1. Bring a medium pot of salted water to the boil. Preheat BBQ grill or hot plate to medium-high (if using). Prepare rice salad ingredients. Pat chicken dry and cut into steaks. To do this, place your hand flat on top of chicken breast and use a knife to slice through horizontally to make two thin steaks. Place in a bowl, along with first measure of peri peri sauce. Season with salt and toss to coat. Set aside to marinate.
  2. Cook rice in pot of boiling water on mediumhigh heat for about 12 minutes. Add broccoli and continue to cook for 1-2 minutes, until rice and broccoli are tender. Drain, rinse under cold water and leave to drain.
  3. Slice capsicum and onion 1cm. Cut courgette in half and slice 1cm on an angle. Heat oil in a medium fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook onion and capsicum with a pinch of salt for 2-3 minutes, stirring, until starting to soften. Add courgette and cook for about 2 minutes, stirring often, until just tender. Transfer to a bowl with vinegar and season. Set aside.
  4. Return same pan to medium-high heat and cook chicken for 2-3 minutes each side (depending on thickness), or until cooked through. Set aside, covered, to rest before slicing diagonally into 2 or 3 pieces. Reserve resting juices. Alternatively, cook on BBQ.
  5. While chicken rests, combine all rice salad ingredients in a large bowl, toss and season.
  6. TO SERVE divide rice salad between bowls and place vegetable pickle on top. Top with peri peri chicken and resting juices (if desired). Drizzle over yoghurt, squeeze over lime and sprinkle over coriander.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1843 kj
440 kcal
Protein 42.8g
Carbohydrate 37.7g
Fat 11.8g