Polenta Crusted Chicken with Skinny Garlic Fries

Polenta Crusted Chicken with Skinny Garlic Fries

Ready in 40 minutes • Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Meals For 1) on Sunday, March 3, 2019.
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Ingredients

Fries

  • 400g potatoes
  • ½ tsp garlic salt

Chicken

  • 1 pack chicken thighs
  • 1 egg
  • 1 pack polenta crumb

Slaw

  • 1 apple
  • 1 carrot
  • ½ cabbage
  • ½ pack baby spinach
  • 1 tsp mustard

To Serve

  • 2 Tbsp red pepper
  • pesto aioli

Have Handy

  • Oil
  • Salt & Pepper
  • Vinegar

Steps

  1. Cook fries Preheat oven to 220°C. Cut potatoes into skinny fries and toss on a lined oven tray with a drizzle of oil. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until golden and crispy. Turn once during cooking. Sprinkle with garlic salt when cooked.
  2. Prep chicken Pat chicken dry. Whisk egg in a bowl, add chicken and stir. Add polenta crumb to bowl and toss to coat, pressing polenta onto chicken.
  3. Cook chicken Heat a drizzle of oil in a fry-pan on medium heat. Cook chicken for 5-6 minutes each side, until golden and cooked through. Set chicken aside to rest before slicing thickly.
  4. Make slaw Grate apple and carrot; shred cabbage until you have about 1 cup worth; roughly chop spinach. Add to a bowl and toss with mustard and a drizzle of oil and vinegar.
  5. Serve chicken, fries and slaw with a dollop of aioli.

Nutritional Information

Energy 3132 kj
749 kcal
Protein 37.4g
Carbohydrate 70.5g
Fat 33.7g