Peri Peri Chicken

Peri Peri Chicken

Ready in 35 minutes Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, January 28, 2018.

With rice salad and vegetable pickle


Ingredients

PERI PERI CHICKEN

  • 550g lean chicken breasts
  • 3 tablespoons peri peri sauce
  • 2 teaspoons oil, for cooking (or use spray oil)

RICE SALAD

  • 150g Japanese brown rice
  • 1 broccoli, florets and stalk diced 1cm
  • 1 tomato, diced 1cm
  • 1 carrot, grated
  • 2 tablespoons peri peri sauce
  • 1/3 cup yoghurt
  • Zest and juice of ½ lime

VEGETABLE PICKLE

  • 1 capsicum
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 courgettes
  • 1½ teaspoons oil, for cooking (or use spray oil)
  • 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar

TO SERVE

  • Remaining yoghurt
  • ½ 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 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 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 often, 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. Alternatively, cook on BBQ. Set aside, covered, to rest before slicing diagonally into 2 or 3 pieces. Reserve resting juices.
  5. While chicken rests, combine all rice salad ingredients in a large bowl and season.
  6. TO SERVE divide rice salad between bowls top with vegetable pickle. Top with peri peri chicken and any resting juices (if desired). Drizzle over yoghurt, squeeze over lime and garnish with coriander.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1801 kj
430 kcal
Protein 40.8g
Carbohydrate 38.9g
Fat 11.3g