The sauce borrows from the idea of tsatsiki and all those Middle-Eastern yoghurt salads - it is a cool, pungent accompaniment to the tender, but not strongly flavoured, chicken.
Recipe posted by Nigella
CHICKEN WITH SPRING ONIONS, CHILLI AND GREEK YOGURT
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Ingredients
Switch to Cup Measures- 6 skinless chicken breasts
- juice of 2 lemons
- 75 ml olive oil
- 500 grams Greek yoghurt
- 6 thin spring onions (or 4 fat ones)
- 1 fresh green chilli
- 2 cloves garlic
- ½ cucumber (peeled and cut into cubes)
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander
- 3 tablespoons chopped mint
Method
- Open out each chicken breast, and cut into about 3 lengthways so that you have thinner, smaller pieces. Put them into a freezer bag, or dish, with the lemon juice and 3 tablespoons of oil, and season with salt and pepper. Meanwhile, get on with the sauce.
- Tip the yogurt into a large mixing bowl and, letting everything drop on top of it, slice the spring onions finely and deseed and chop the chilli finely, too.
- Peel and mince the garlic into the yogurt and also add the peeled cubed cucumber and most of the freshly chopped coriander and mint, reserving a little to sprinkle on top later.
- Mix all these ingredients together, and taste for seasoning; I like to add a fair bit of salt. Pour the 2 remaining tablespoons of olive oil into a large pan to heat up.
- Take the chicken out of the marinade and fry for 3-5 minutes a side or until golden outside in parts, and wholly cooked through. At the last minute, tip in about half of the lemony marinade to add sharpness and gloss.
- Remove the chicken pieces to a serving dish, and scrape the yogurt mixture into bowl, with a spoon to dollop, and sprinkle with the remaining chopped herbs.
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Mmmmm, I bet this would be lovely served with some couscous with mint, spring onion, baby spinach, feta and pomegranate forked through. Might have to be tried tonight!
Posted by nicola_b85 on 5th Jan 2012 at 10.57
i love it.....its excellent to make this as a pre dinner snack:) love u
Posted by ishitarishi on 26th Apr 2012 at 9.33
Oh oh oh... looks soooo yummy!
Posted by madzia-cuperek on 8th Nov 2012 at 9.39
Oh this looks delicious and so easy and quick to make!
Posted by manuciao20 on 8th Nov 2012 at 10.20
Just made this for guests coming over this evening. Some nibble food. Had a sneaky taste and its gorgeous. So simple and easy to make. Tastes so healthy and fresh.
Posted by sammym5 on 8th Dec 2012 at 16.07