Fried chicken with olive salsa

Fried chicken with olive salsa

A zingy fried-chicken dinner that sings with Mediterranean flavours.

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Gluten freeHigh protein
  • Serves4
  • CourseMain meal
  • Prepare15 mins
  • Cook10 mins
  • Total time25 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp cider vinegar
  • ½ tsp clear honey
  • 1 small shallot, finely chopped
  • 4 slower reared chicken breast fillets (about 175g each)
  • 4 tsp olive oil
  • 30g unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp nonpareille capers
  • ½ lemon, juice
  • 350g Fragata Manzanilla Olives filled with Piquillo Pepper, drained and quartered
  • 150g cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • Handful mint leaves, shredded (optional)

Method

  1. Mix the vinegar, honey, shallot and a pinch of salt in a bowl; set aside. Meanwhile, place the chicken breasts between two sheets of baking parchment and bash to 0.5cm thick using a rolling pin, then season.

  2. Heat 2 tsp oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Fry the chicken for 3 minutes on one side, then turn and fry for another 2 minutes or until cooked through, no pink meat remains and the juices run clear. Lift out of the pan onto plates. Lower the heat to medium, add the butter and capers and fry for a minute, then squeeze in the lemon juice. Pour this over the chicken.

  3. Finish the salsa by stirring the quartered olives, tomatoes, mint (if using) and remaining 2 tsp oil into the shallot mixture, then season. Spoon over the chicken and serve with some boiled new potatoes alongside, if liked.

Cook’s tip

Ahead of the game
Complete step 1 up to 12 hours in advance, covering the shallot and chilling the chicken until ready to cook.

And to drink...

Dr L Grey Slate Riesling, Germany
This medium-dry white balances the salty salsa beautifully.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

1,439kJ/ 344kcals

Fat

17.7g

Saturated Fat

6g

Carbohydrates

2.6g

Sugars

2.4g

Fibre

0.8g

Protein

43.1g

Salt

2.2g

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