Quick chicken recipe for 4 people, takes only 8 mins; recipe has chicken breast, lemon, olive oil, chilli flakes, garlic clove, couscous, sultana, chicken stock, green olive, chickpea and flat-leaf parsley.
Lemon chicken with fruity olive couscous
Course: Quick chicken
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Flat Leaf Parsley: 2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
- Garlic Clove: 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- Chicken Breast: 4 skinless chicken breasts
- Olive Oil: 2 tbsp olive oil
- Couscous: 200g couscous
- Chickpea: 400g can chickpeas, drained
- Lemon: juice 2 lemons
- Chilli Flakes: 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
- Green Olive: 85g pitted green olive
- Chicken Stock: 250ml hot chicken stock
- Sultana: 85g sultana
Directions
- Butterfly the chicken breasts by cutting through the thickest part of the breast, stopping 1cm before the edge, then opening out like a book. Whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, chilli flakes and garlic. Pour half over the chicken and marinate for 15 mins.
- Meanwhile, put the couscous and sultanas in a bowl, then pour over the stock. Cover the bowl with cling film and leave for 5 mins.
- Heat a griddle or non-stick frying pan, remove the chicken from the marinade and cook for 4 mins on each side until golden and cooked through.
- Fluff up the couscous with a fork and stir in the olives, chickpeas, parsley and the other half of the marinade. Season and serve with the chicken.
