Mexican Chicken Bowl with Tomato Salsa
Ready in 30 minutes
• Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 2) on Sunday, May 6, 2018.
This dish most recently appeared in Fresh Start (5 Nights For 2) on Sunday, May 6, 2018.
Prep the salad veggies and arrange the ingredients into bowls before you cook the chicken. This way, everything is organised and you have a clean space to work with.
Ingredients
SALAD
- ½ punnet baby capsicums
- 1 tomato
- ½ Lebanese cucumber
- 50g baby spinach
MEXICAN DRESSING
- 35g Mexican dressing
- 2 Tbsp coriander, finely chopped
- Zest and juice of ¼ lime
MEXICAN CHICKEN BOWL
- 200g chickpeas
- 1/8-1/4 red onion
- 275g lean chicken breast
- ¾ tsp oil
- 2 tsp Mexican chicken spice
- 1 Tbsp lite sour cream
TO SERVE
- 50g tomato salsa
- 3 Tbsp lite sour cream
- ¼ lime, cut into wedges
Steps
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Thinly slice capsicum; cut tomato into thin wedges; cut cucumber in half lengthways and thinly slice. Set all aside separately (or see tip).
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In a small bowl, combine Mexican dressing, coriander and lime zest and juice. Set aside.
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Place spinach in a medium bowl, add one tablespoon of the Mexican dressing and toss to coat. Reserve remaining dressing.
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Drain chickpeas, rinse and leave to drain well; thinly slice onion; pat chicken dry, slice into 1-2cm strips and season.
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Heat oil in a large fry-pan on high heat until very hot. Add chicken to pan and cook for about 2 minutes each side, until almost cooked through.
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Reduce heat to medium, add Mexican chicken spice, chickpeas and onion. Continue to cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring, until chicken is cooked through. Remove pan from heat and add remaining Mexican dressing. Stir to combine.
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Add first measure of sour cream to pan, stir to combine and season to taste.
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To serve, arrange salad ingredients into bowls. Top with Mexican chicken and dollop over tomato salsa and remaining sour cream. Serve with a lime wedge to squeeze over.
Nutritional Information
Energy |
1762 kj 421 kcal |
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Protein | 38.8g |
Carbohydrate | 23.2g |
Fat | 18.5g |