Harissa chicken with chickpea salad

Harissa chicken with chickpea salad

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Prep: 15 mins Cook: 8 mins

Easy

Serves 2
A low-fat, fibre-filled supper with a superhealthy side - just the thing for midweek

Nutrition and extra info

  • Healthy

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal313
  • fat5g
  • saturates1g
  • carbs25g
  • sugars6g
  • fibre7g
  • protein44g
  • salt1.06g
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Ingredients

  • 250g punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
  • ½ small red onion, chopped
  • 400g can chickpeas, drained
  • small bunch parsley, roughly chopped
    Parsley

    Parsley

    par-slee

    One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…

  • juice 1 lemon
    Lemon

    Lemon

    le-mon

    Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…

  • 2 skinless chicken breasts, halved lengthways through the middle
  • 1 tbsp harissa
    Harissa

    Harissa

    ha-riss-ah

    This hot, aromatic paste made from chilli and assorted other spices and herbs is spicy and…

  • fat-free natural yogurt and wholemeal pitta bread, to serve

Method

  1. Mix the tomatoes, onion and chickpeas together, stir through the parsley and lemon juice and season.

  2. Coat the chicken with the harissa. Heat a griddle or frying pan or barbecue. Cook the chicken for 3-4 mins each side until lightly charred and cooked through.

  3. Divide the salad between 2 plates, top with the harissa chicken and serve with a dollop of yogurt and warmed pitta bread.

  • Recipe Tip

    Use up leftover harissa

    Salmon with harissa crust for 2. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Mix 4 tbsp breadcrumbs with 1 tbsp harissa. Press on top of 2 salmon fillets and bake for 10-12 mins until the crust is golden and the salmon is cooked through. Serve with the chickpea salad and lemon wedges.

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dave6376
6th Jul, 2018
5.05
Easy and tasty. If the chicken breasts are thick it's a good idea to bash them a bit flatter before spreading on the harissa otherwise there's a risk of the outside being done but the middle still uncooked.
Angharad1313
28th May, 2018
5.05
I LOVE this recipe. It's one of my favourite mid-week dinners and it's also gone down well with guests.
ema_0611
23rd Jan, 2017
4.05
The harissa chicken was great. I cooked in a non stick frying pan which is never going to be as great as a griddle pan or BBQ but it did the trick. The salad was refreshing, perhaps not ideal for a cold January night but that's done to my odd recipe choice! Great dish nonetheless.
Lula-Rose
9th Jun, 2014
4.05
Made this for dinner this evening as began on a health kick...its great! I added some chopped fresh mint and a splash of white wine vinegar to the chickpea salad, and seasoned really well with salt and cracked black pepper. I think the mint really added something, or you could mint the low fat natural yoghurt. A really filling and satisfying, cheap and quick meal. Will become a regular!
sallykindle
16th Nov, 2013
5.05
Terrific! I doubled the harissa, used coriander, and as I didn't have chickpeas, used bulgar wheat. Yum!
sallykindle
16th Nov, 2013
5.05
I'll be making this again and again! I doubled the harissa, used coriander instead of parsley, and as I was out of chickpeas, used bulgar wheat. Terrific!
bjpitts
20th Jul, 2013
This is delicious. I made my own wholemeal pitta to accompany, serving them straight from oven to table - freshly baked, hot, delicious, and highly recommended. I also forgot to buy parsley so I used freshly chopped coriander in the salad instead, which seemed to work fine.
keex2006
11th Apr, 2013
love this! made it exactly to recipe and it is so refreshing and tasty! Actually, just realised I used lots more harissa than 1tbsp! will cook this time and time again, hubby loves it.
Tracey.
5th Apr, 2013
Really nice would make again agin
Tracey.
5th Apr, 2013
Really nice would make again agin

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LouRa21
20th Jan, 2016
Does the nutritional information include the pitta and yoghurt?
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goodfoodteam
21st Mar, 2016
Hi there, as a rule of thumb, anything that has "to serve" after it is not included in the nutrition information. So, in this case the pitta and yogurt isn't included.
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