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Spice & lime chicken

Spice & lime chicken

Name: Spice & lime chicken
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 150ml pot natural yogurt; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tsp medium curry powder or paste; pinch chilli powder; juice 1 lime; 1 garlic clove crushed; 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts; 1 red or green pepper deseeded and cut into large chunks; 1 onion halved and cut into large chunks; steamed rice and ready-made raita, to serve

Jo Pratt

A star rating of 4.1 out of 5.9 ratingsRate

7 comments

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Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:5 mins
- Cook:8 mins
- Plus 10 minutes marinating
Easy
Serves 4

A low fat chicken dish with plenty of spice

Easily halved
Healthy

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150ml pot natural yogurt
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp medium curry powder
or paste
pinch chilli powder
juice 1 lime
1 garlic clove
crushed
4 skinless boneless chicken breasts
1 red or green pepper
deseeded and cut into large chunks
1 onion
halved and cut into large chunks
steamed rice
and ready-made raita, to serve

Nutrition: per serving

kcal221
fat5g
saturates1g
carbs8g
sugars0g
fibre0g
protein36g
salt0.3g
low

Method

step 1
In a large bowl, mix together the first 6 ingredients and season to taste. Slash the chicken breasts 5-6 times, without cutting all the way through. Add the chicken breasts and vegetables to the yogurt mix and stir to coat everything completely. Cover and leave the flavours to mingle for 10 mins.
step 2
Place a griddle over a high heat and cook the chicken and vegetables for 4 mins each side until the chicken is cooked through and the grill lines are golden. Leave to rest for 2 mins before serving with steamed rice and raita.

RECIPE TIPS

MAKING IT WITH RED MEAT, OR MEDITERRANEAN FLAVOURS

Replace the chicken breasts with 4 lamb leg steaks. Or replace the curry powder with zest of a lemon and 1 tsp dried oregano.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2005

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A star rating of 4.1 out of 5.9 ratings

Twinklebum99

9 years ago

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

I used diced chicken and did in a big wok - mainly because I worry about not cooking the chicken through.

Was very tasty. I like that it was light and tasty. could probably handle a little bit more spice but thats just to my taste.

kd1838

16 years ago

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Nice and tasty but would put in oven next time as someone suggested.

annie01332

16 years ago

A star rating of 1 out of 5.

I'm not sure what happened but this went wrong for me. It tasted ok but was really dry. The chicken breasts took ages to cook through so the sauce evaporated. Will try again but with diced chicken to reduce the cooking time.

poshpause

16 years ago

All credit to Jo Pratt for a fabulous, easy to do and quick meal that tastes as good as it sounds. I didn't have a griddle pan, so baked the chicken on a rack above a roasting tin containing the vegetables. Delicious!! Definitely a do-again. :-)

efc1878

16 years ago

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Excellent. This was thoroughly enjoyable and I'll certainly be making it again. I agree wholeheartedly with Moosepup, above, in that it works beautifully if marinated for an hour or two.

This recipe appears in the September 2008 GFM supplement (40 Best Chicken Recipes) but isn't credited to Jo…