Mint, Lemon and Chilli Chicken with Crunchy Salad

This is one of my favourite dinners, perfect for Spring or you know … Autumn
and Geekster and the Chicks love it too. 

4 small (about 170g each) chicken breast fillets, each cut into 2 thin fillets
2 Tbsp roughly chopped mint leaves
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp dried chilli flakes
1 lemon, rind grated
1 ½ Tbsp olive oil
1 baby cos, leaves separated, finely shredded
½ punnet (about 80g) sugar snap peas, julienned
1 lebanese cucumber, julienned
2 spring onions, finely chopped
1 Tbsp lemon juice

Place the chicken, mint, chilli and 1/2 Tbsp of oil in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper and toss to coat chicken. When I make this for the family I use two bowls and split the marinade mixture in half; omitting the chilli from the 2nd bowl. Then I cook the non-chilli version in the first batch so there’s no spicy taint on the kids’ chicken.

Place a large non-stick frypan over high heat. When hot, add the chicken in batches. Cook for 2 minutes on one side and 1 minute on the other or until cooked through.

Meanwhile: toss the shredded lettuce, sugar snap peas, cucumber, and spring onions in a large bowl with the lemon juice, remaining Tbsp of oil, salt and pepper.

Divide the salad and chicken among plates and serve immediately.
I usually also add some steamed rice but some crusty bread would work well too.

About mamahen

A blog about a mama to two gorgeous boys; Big Chick (4) and Little Chick (2) and our family's adventures in the Inner West. A life filled with good food, fun, playgrounds, cafes and other disasters. Big Chick has recently been diagnosed with ADHD and Little Chick has had 'silent' reflux from birth so daily life can be a bit 'interesting'
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