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Lemon grilled chicken with herby rice salad recipe

Lemon grilled chicken with herby rice salad recipe

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Need a new healthy dinner idea? Make this lemony grilled chicken recipe, served with a colourful herby brown rice salad and crispy courgette fries for a hearty summer meal. Cucumber, tomatoes, spring onions and plenty of herbs pack the brown rice salad with flavour and courgettes make a great healthy alternative to traditional fries. See method

Ingredients

  • 600g chicken thigh fillets
  • 2 lemons, zested and juiced
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1½ tbsp olive oil
  • 2 packs boil in the bag brown rice
  • 400g courgettes, sliced
  • 15g mint, leaves picked and chopped
  • 15g coriander, roughly chopped
  • ½ cucumber, diced
  • 125g cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 2 spring onions, finely sliced
If you don't have any spring onions, try using white onions or leeks and adjust the amount accordingly

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    2175kj
    518kcal     26%

  • Fat

    21g 29%

  • Saturates

    5g 24%

  • Sugars

    5g 5%

  • Salt

    0.9g 14%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 46.4g Protein 35.3g Fibre 4.2g

Method

  1. Heat the oven to gas 8, 220°C, fan 200°C. Put the chicken thighs in between two sheets of baking paper and bash with a rolling pin until 1cm thick. Whisk the juice and zest from 1 lemon, the garlic and ½ tbsp oil in a non-metallic bowl and toss in the chicken with some seasoning. Leave to marinate while you cook the courgette and rice.
  2. Cut the courgettes into fries and tip onto a shallow baking tray. Drizzle over ½ tbsp oil, season and toss well to coat the veg. Roast for 20-25 mins until golden and tender.
  3. Lower the bags of rice into a large pan of boiling salted water, and simmer for 15-17 mins until tender. Drain, cut open the bags into a sieve and rinse well with cold water to cool. Leave to drain.
  4. Heat a griddle pan over a high heat until hot. Add the chicken thighs to the pan, leaving any remaining marinade in the bowl. Grill the chicken for 5-6 mins on each side until golden, lightly charred and cooked through.
  5. Whisk the remaining 1 tbsp oil, lemon juice and zest in a large bowl and toss in the drained and cooled rice. Fold in the mint, coriander, cucumber, tomatoes and spring onions, and serve alongside the griddled chicken and courgette fries.

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