Spice & lime chicken

Spice & lime chicken

A low fat chicken dish with plenty of spice

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 8 mins

Plus 10 minutes marinating

Super healthy

Method

  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.
  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.
Try

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.

Per serving

221 kcalories, protein 36g, carbohydrate 8g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, salt 0,3 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2005.

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  • 20 November 2007

    Moosepup rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I let this marinade for a couple of hours instead of the suggested 10 minutes. It's a great tasty meal, and you'd never guess it was lower fat.

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  • 21 May 2008

    linkevica rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    great midweek meal. i marinated only chicken and then served it with fresh vegetables.

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  • 14 August 2008

    EFC1878 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    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 Pratt. I'd complain...

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  • 23 August 2008

    PoshPaws commented on this recipe

    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. :-)

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  • 30 October 2008

    Peneva rated this recipe

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  • 28 December 2008

    Woody rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    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.

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  • 03 March 2009

    Yummy-yummy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

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

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 8 mins

Plus 10 minutes marinating

Super healthy

Easily halved

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
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Per serving

221 kcalories, protein 36g, carbohydrate 8g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 0g, salt 0,3 g

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