Mexican Chicken Bowl with Tomato Salsa

Mexican Chicken Bowl with Tomato Salsa

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 1
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Meals For 1) on Sunday, May 6, 2018.

You can also prep the salad vegetables and arrange the ingredients into a bowl, in sections like a buddha bowl, before you cook the chicken. This way, you’ll have a clean space to work with too.


Ingredients

SALAD

  • 1 tomato
  • ½ Lebanese cucumber
  • 2 radishes
  • ½ bag baby spinach

MEXICAN CHICKEN BOWL

  • ¼ can chickpeas
  • 1/8-¼ red onion
  • 140g lean chicken breast
  • ¼ tsp oil
  • ¼ tsp Mexican chicken spice
  • 1 Tbsp lite sour cream

MEXICAN DRESSING

  • 1 Tbsp Mexican dressing
  • 1 Tbsp coriander, finely chopped
  • Zest and juice of ¼ lemon

TO SERVE

  • 1 Tbsp tomato salsa
  • 1 Tbsp lite sour cream
  • 3-4 picked coriander leaves

Steps

  1. Dice tomato 1cm and cut cucumber and radishes in half lengthways then thinly slice. Add all to a medium bowl, along with spinach and set aside.
  2. In a small bowl, combine Mexican dressing, coriander and lemon zest and juice.
  3. Add 1/3 of the dressing to bowl with salad veggies, season to taste and toss to combine (reserve remaining dressing).
  4. Drain chickpeas, rinse and leave to drain well; thinly slice red onion; pat chicken dry, slice into 1-2cm strips and season.
  5. Heat oil in a medium fry-pan on high heat until very hot. Add chicken to pan and cook for about 2 minutes each side, until almost cooked through.
  6. Reduce heat to medium, add Mexican chicken spice, chickpeas and onion. Continue to cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring, until chicken is cooked through.
  7. Remove pan from heat, add first measure of sour cream and toss to coat. Add remaining Mexican dressing, stir to coat and season to taste.
  8. To serve, place salad ingredients into a bowl. Top with Mexican chicken, dollop over tomato salsa and remaining sour cream. Sprinkle over coriander.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1767 kj
422 kcal
Protein 40.2g
Carbohydrate 24.5g
Fat 17.1g