- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Serving: 4 Persons
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 473
- Carbohydrate Content: 35g
- Fat Content: 20g
- Fiber Content: 2g
- Protein Content: 37g
- Saturated Fat Content: 8g
- Sodium Content: 1.4g
- Sugar Content: 8g
Griddled chicken with quinoa Greek salad Recipe
Griddled chicken with quinoa Greek salad is a Holiday-at-home recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has quinoa, butter and red chilli.
Ingredients
- Garlic Clove - 1 garlic clove, crushed
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil - 1 1/2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- Black Kalamata Olive - handful pitted black Kalamata olive
- Red Chilli - 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- Red Onion - 1 red onion, finely sliced
- Mint - small bunch mint leaves, chopped
- Feta Cheese - 100g feta cheese, crumbled
- Lemon - juice and zest 1/2 lemon
- Butter - 25g butter
- Chicken - 400g chicken mini fillets
- Vine Tomato - 300g vine tomato, roughly chopped
- Quinoa - 225g quinoa
Instructions
- Cook the quinoa following the pack instructions, then rinse in cold water and drain thoroughly.
- Meanwhile, mix the butter, chilli and garlic into a paste. Toss the chicken fillets in 2 tsp of the olive oil with some seasoning. Lay in a hotgriddle panand cook for 3-4 mins each side or until cooked through. Transfer to a plate, dot with the spicy butter and set aside to melt.
- Next, tip the tomatoes, olives, onion, feta and mint into a bowl. Toss in the cooked quinoa. Stir through the remaining olive oil, lemon juice and zest, and season well. Serve with the chicken fillets on top, drizzled with any buttery chicken juices.