Lemon Sesame Chicken with Spinach Cranberry Rice and Sumac Yoghurt Drizzle
Ready in 30 minutes
• Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, September 13, 2015.
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, September 13, 2015.
Lemon sesame chicken breasts with spinach cranberry rice and a sumac yoghurt drizzle.
Ingredients
SPINACH CRANBERRY RICE
- 1 1/2 cups basmati rice
- 2 1/4 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2-3 handfuls finely chopped spinach leaves
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries, finely chopped
LEMON SESAME CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI
- 1 tablespoon runny honey
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon warm water
- 600g chicken breasts
- 20g sesame seeds
- 1 head broccoli, cut into small florets
SUMAC YOGHURT DRIZZLE
- 1/3 cup natural yoghurt
- 1 tablespoon sumac
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon runny honey
Steps
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a full kettle to the boil.
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Combine rice, water and salt in a large pot and bring to the boil. As soon as it boils, cover with a tight fitting lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 12 minutes. Turn off heat and leave to steam, still covered, for a further 8 minutes. Do not lift lid at any time during cooking.
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While rice is cooking, prepare chicken. In a small bowl mix together honey, lemon juice and water. Set aside. Pat chicken dry with paper towels, slice each breast widthways into 2cm strips and season with salt and pepper. Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large fry-pan (preferably nonstick) on medium to high heat. Cook chicken, in batches, for 2–3 minutes each side until browned and just cooked. Return all chicken to pan with honey lemon mixture, toss to coat and reduce until sauce is sticky, about 30 seconds. Remove pan from heat and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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While chicken is cooking, add broccoli to a medium, heat-proof, bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 6 minutes then drain and season with salt and pepper. When rice is cooked fold through spinach and cranberries.
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Mix all sumac yoghurt drizzle ingredients together in a small bowl.
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Spoon rice onto plates, top with chicken and broccoli then drizzle over sumac yoghurt.
Nutritional Information
Energy |
2182 kj 522 kcal |
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Protein | 39.4g |
Carbohydrate | 62.2g |
Fat | 11.7g |