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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal225
  • fat8g
  • saturates2g
  • carbs2g
  • sugars1g
  • fibre0g
  • protein37g
  • salt0.87g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Slash each chicken breast 3 times and put in a shallow dish. Crush the peppercorns coarsely in a mortar. Finely grate the ginger, crush the garlic and mix with the soy sauce, peppercorns, and lime zest and juice. Mix well, then pour over the chicken and leave to marinate for at least 10 mins, or up to 24 hrs.

  • step 2

    Line a grill rack with foil and brush lightly with oil. Lay the chicken on the foil, then curl the edges of the foil up slightly to catch the juices. Grill under moderate heat for 6-8 mins, then turn the chicken over and cook for a further 6-8 mins until cooked. If you are cooking this on the barbecue, cook for the same timings but make sure the coals are not too fierce. Transfer to a serving dish, then carefully pour over any remaining cooking juices. Serve with wedges of lime for squeezing over.

RECIPE TIPS
MARY SAYS...

You can cook this dish straight away, or if you have time you can keep it in the fridge for up to a day while the flavours work their magic. This recipe is based on one I found in an old South African cookbook, which said that tamborine is a local name for a lime tree.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2007

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A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.14 ratings

pandorama

Very good, one of my regular chicken thigh fillets or chicken breast treatments. I like garlic and I used 3 small cloves today for 2 servings. I air fry 12 to 15 mins turning halfway and checking with thermometer 75. Degrees C.

Lisahodkinson

the ingredients list doesn't include any garlic but the method says crush garlic - how much ?? THanks

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Samreen01

I love Chicken and always searching for new recipes related to Chicken, I like Tamborine Chicken recipe and will try this soon.

hellyblue

I will definitely be making this again, very simple but effective. We are currently living abroad where our usual set of ingredients is not readily available so this livened up what was becoming more boring chicken breasts, served with salad and potato wedges. We can't get limes so substituted…

Jodielloyd

question

If I want to cook this in the oven how long should I cook it for?

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goodfoodteam

Hi there, it will take about 20-25 minutes in a hot oven depending on the size of the chicken breasts, thanks.

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