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Jerk Chicken, Tomato Salsa & Sweetcorn Buckwheat
Talk about holiday flavours! Our free-range, butterflied British chicken is dusted in jerk seasoning, griddled until golden, and dressed up with a fiery tomato and chilli salsa. A fluffy buckwheat base adds essential fibre.
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
6 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 80g quinoa (Quinoa 100%)
- 1 pepper
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 2 British Free Range chicken breasts
- 1 unwaxed lime
- 1 onion (use half)
- 1 tbsp jerk seasoning (Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Thyme, Pimento, Coconut Palm Sugar, Chilli Flakes, Nutmeg, Clove, Sea Salt)
- 1 chilli
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 140g sweetcorn (sweetcorn, water, salt)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 516
Protein: 51g
Carbs: 46g
Fat: 15g
Ingredients
- 80g quinoa (use half) (Quinoa 100%)
- 1 tbsp jerk seasoning (use half) (Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Thyme, Pimento, Coconut Palm Sugar, Chilli Flakes, Nutmeg, Clove, Sea Salt)
- 1 unwaxed lime (use half)
- 140g sweetcorn (use half) (sweetcorn, water, salt)
- 1 British Free Range chicken breast
- 1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
- 110g baby tomatoes (use half)
- 1 chilli (use half)
- 1 onion (use a quarter)
- 1 pepper (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 516
Protein: 51g
Carbs: 46g
Fat: 15g
Jerk Chicken, Tomato Salsa & Sweetcorn Buckwheat
Talk about holiday flavours! Our free-range, butterflied British chicken is dusted in jerk seasoning, griddled until golden, and dressed up with a fiery tomato and chilli salsa. A fluffy buckwheat base adds essential fibre.
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Cooking Instructions
- Heat a large saucepan on medium heat, add the buckwheat and toast for 1 min. Fill the pan with salted hot water. Bring to a boil and cook for 10-12 mins, until cooked, then drain. Return to the pan and set aside.
- To butterfly the chicken, carefully slice through one side of each breast from the thickest part to the thinnest, careful not to cut right through to the end. Open out the chicken breasts to resemble a butterfly. Place in a bowl with 1 tbsp oil, the jerk seasoning and a pinch of sea salt. Mix to coat.
- Heat a griddle or frying pan on medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 5-10 mins, per side, until cooked through.
- Make the salsa. Finely dice half the onion and tomatoes. Finely chop the chilli (remove the seeds for less heat). Place everything in a bowl and mix with the juice from half the lime, a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
- Roughly dice the pepper. Roughly chop the coriander. Drain the sweetcorn. Add everything to the saucepan with the cooked buckwheat. Season with sea salt and black pepper and mix.
- Serve the veggie buckwheat on plates topped with the chicken and salsa. Squeeze over the remaining lime juice.
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