Spiced Chicken with Glazed Yams and Beetroot Relish

Spiced Chicken with Glazed Yams and Beetroot Relish

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, July 9, 2017.

Spiced chicken with tasty winter vegetables.


Ingredients

GLAZED VEGETABLES

  • 100g yams
  • ½ carrot, cut into quarters lengthways to make 4 sticks
  • 1 parsnip, peeled, halved widthways then quartered to make 8 sticks
  • 1 beetroot, peeled and diced 2cm
  • 100g peeled pumpkin, diced 2cm
  • Zest of ¼-½ orange
  • Juice of ½ orange
  • 1½ teaspoons brown sugar
  • 1½ teaspoons runny honey
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1-2 tablespoons roughly chopped basil leaves

SPICED CHICKEN

  • 300g chicken breasts
  • 1½ teaspoons chicken spices

1½ teaspoons chicken spices

  • 1½ teaspoons chicken spices
  • 2 teaspoons butter
  • 1½ teaspoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon chicken gravy mix
  • ½ cup chicken stock

TO SERVE

  • 50g beetroot relish

Steps

  1. oven to 220°C. Line a shallow-lipped oven tray with baking paper.
  2. Place all glazed vegetable ingredients (except basil) in a medium bowl and toss to coat. Season with pepper, spread out on prepared tray and roast for about 22 minutes, until golden and tender. Turn once during cooking. Toss through basil just before serving.
  3. While vegetables cook, pat chicken dry with paper towels and cut into steaks. To do this, place your hand flat on top of chicken breast and use a knife to slice through horizontally to make two thin steaks. Sprinkle chicken with chicken spices and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 1-2 minutes each side, until browned and cooked through. Set aside, covered in foil, to rest for about 5 minutes before slicing thickly. Reserve pan.
  5. While chicken rests, return reserved pan to medium heat and add water, butter, flour and chicken gravy mix. Cook for about 30 seconds, until combined and fragrant.
  6. Slowly add stock and any chicken resting juices to pan and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until gravy is smooth and thickened.
  7. divide glazed vegetables between plates and top with slices of spiced chicken. Drizzle with gravy and serve with a dollop of beetroot relish on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 1849 kj
442 kcal
Protein 30.6g
Carbohydrate 40.0g
Fat 16.2g