Chicken skewers with cucumber & shallot dip

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1. Cut the chicken into thin slices. Mix the coriander, pepper, lime juice, sugar, garlic and oil. Toss the chicken in this mixture, then thread on to 12 bamboo skewers. You can make these up to a day ahead and chill until ready to cook.
2. Make the dip. Heat the vinegar and sugar in a small pan until the sugar has dissolved, then increase the heat and boil for 3 minutes, until slightly syrupy. Remove from the heat and stir in the chilli and shallot. Leave to cool.
3. Thinly slice a 5cm piece of cucumber, quarter each slice and add to the dip. Cut the rest of the cucumber into thin sticks.
4. Cook the chicken under a preheated grill for 3-4 minutes each side, then serve with the dipping sauce, cucumber sticks, rice and pak choi.

210 kcalories, protein 31g, carbohydrate 12g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, salt 0.22 g

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• Belkey

  14 May 2008

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  These are brilliant, you can slice the chicken as thin or thick as you like depending on whether you are planning on serving them as nibbles with drinks or larger skewers as a starter.

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  This was the tastiest chicken ever!

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  It's part of a buffet for my daughter's 40th. Sounds and looks good...haven't made it yet, so fingers crossed!

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Ingredients

• 500g boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 4 tbsp chopped coriander
• 1 tsp coarsely ground black peppercorns
• 2 limes , juice only
• 1 tsp light muscovado sugar
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil

FOR THE DIP

• 125ml rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
• 1 shallot , thinly sliced
• 1 cucumber

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Serves 4

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Ingredients

• 500g boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 4 tbsp chopped coriander
• 1 tsp coarsely ground black peppercorns
• 2 limes , juice only
• 1 tsp light muscovado sugar
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil

FOR THE DIP

• 125ml rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
• 1 shallot , thinly sliced
• 1 cucumber

210 kcalories, protein 31g, carbohydrate 12g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, salt 0.22 g

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