Thursday 16 June 2011

Grilled chicken with a tomato salsa

This is a fairly simple dish to make and quite light and healthy.
You'll need a chicken breast for this, as many as you can eat or as many as you'd like to serve.

For the chicken marinade you'll need;
  • Lemon
  • Green chillies
  • Olive oil
  • Salt & pepper
  • Dried oregano

The next step is to cover each chicken with a freezer bag or cling film and beat the chicken flat. A good utensil to do this is a rolling pin, just to flatten the chicken out and cook evenly all over. After doing this, place all the chicken in a dish or bowl, add a little olive oil (just enough to coat the chicken but not to be wet), salt & pepper to taste, the juice of half a lemon and a tea spoon of dried oregano. Leave this to marinade for a few overs or over night.


To make the salsa you need:
  • Tomatoes
  • Spring onions
  • Coriander 
  • Green/Red chilli
  • Salt & pepper
  • Olive oil
  • Lemon

Chop the tomatoes, spring onions, coriander and chilli as small as you can. Dress to taste with salt, pepper, olive oil and lemon.

                             

After being left to marinade for a while, the chicken is now ready to grill. I don't have a grill pan so instead I use the toaster grill and that works just fine! There is no need to add any oil to the grill or to the chicken, just place the chicken on the hot grill and grill each side for a few minutes till each side is golden brown.


When this is done, add the salsa to the chicken either on top or on the side.

 
The dish is now complete and ready to be consumed!

Enjoy!

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