Pan-seared tarragon chicken
Get your comfort-food fix in a healthy way with this delicious recipe shared with you from My Food Bag. Creamy courgette and tangy tarragon chicken give this luxurious chicken dish an irresistible flavour that will leave your taste buds dancing.
SERVES4
TIME TO MAKE30 - 45 mins
MEAL TYPEDinner
TIME TO MAKE30 - 45 mins
MEAL TYPEDinner
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Method:
- Bring a full kettle to the boil.
- Roughly chop broccoli. Add bulgur, broccoli, and a pinch of salt to a large heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Cover and leave to soak for 15-18 minutes until grains are tender. Drain well and return to bowl.
- Pat chicken dry and cut into steaks. Place your hand flat on top of the chicken and slice through horizontally. Roughly chop the tarragon and rub it onto the chicken. Season lightly.
- Heat olive oil in a large frypan on medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 3-5 minutes each side or until cooked through. Remove from pan and rest, covered. Reserve pan.
- While the chicken is cooking, grate courgette. When the chicken has cooked, return the reserved pan to medium heat with olive oil. Add the courgette and a pinch of salt and cook for about 2 minutes until starting to soften. Add chicken stock and simmer for about 2 minutes until the liquid is almost completely absorbed. Remove from heat and stir through sour cream.
- Add spinach to the bowl with drained bulgur, broccoli, vinegar, and olive oil. Toss well to combine.
- Thinly slice the chicken and stir any resting juices through creamed courgette.
- Serve bulgur salad with sliced chicken and creamed courgette. Sprinkle over almonds.
Tips:
- Use fresh or dried basil if you don’t have fresh tarragon.
- Bulgur
- 1broccoli, roughly chopped
- 1 ½ cupbulgur wheat
- 100 gbaby spinach
- 2 tbspred wine vinegar
- 1drizzle of olive oil
- Tarragon chicken
- 600 gchicken breast
- 2 tbspchopped tarragon
- 1drizzle of olive oil
- Creamed courgette
- 2courgettes, grated
- 1drizzle of olive oil
- ½ cupreduced salt chicken stock
- 125 glite sour cream
- To serve
- 2 tbspsliced almonds
Per serve
- Energy2381kJ
- Total Fat15g
- Total Carbohydrate54g
- Protein48g
Method:
- Bring a full kettle to the boil.
- Roughly chop broccoli. Add bulgur, broccoli, and a pinch of salt to a large heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Cover and leave to soak for 15-18 minutes until grains are tender. Drain well and return to bowl.
- Pat chicken dry and cut into steaks. Place your hand flat on top of the chicken and slice through horizontally. Roughly chop the tarragon and rub it onto the chicken. Season lightly.
- Heat olive oil in a large frypan on medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 3-5 minutes each side or until cooked through. Remove from pan and rest, covered. Reserve pan.
- While the chicken is cooking, grate courgette. When the chicken has cooked, return the reserved pan to medium heat with olive oil. Add the courgette and a pinch of salt and cook for about 2 minutes until starting to soften. Add chicken stock and simmer for about 2 minutes until the liquid is almost completely absorbed. Remove from heat and stir through sour cream.
- Add spinach to the bowl with drained bulgur, broccoli, vinegar, and olive oil. Toss well to combine.
- Thinly slice the chicken and stir any resting juices through creamed courgette.
- Serve bulgur salad with sliced chicken and creamed courgette. Sprinkle over almonds.
Tips:
- Use fresh or dried basil if you don’t have fresh tarragon.
Ingredients
- Bulgur
- 1broccoli, roughly chopped
- 1 ½ cupbulgur wheat
- 100 gbaby spinach
- 2 tbspred wine vinegar
- 1drizzle of olive oil
- Tarragon chicken
- 600 gchicken breast
- 2 tbspchopped tarragon
- 1drizzle of olive oil
- Creamed courgette
- 2courgettes, grated
- 1drizzle of olive oil
- ½ cupreduced salt chicken stock
- 125 glite sour cream
- To serve
- 2 tbspsliced almonds
Ingredients
- Bulgur
- 1broccoli, roughly chopped
- 1 ½ cupbulgur wheat
- 100 gbaby spinach
- 2 tbspred wine vinegar
- 1drizzle of olive oil
- Tarragon chicken
- 600 gchicken breast
- 2 tbspchopped tarragon
- 1drizzle of olive oil
- Creamed courgette
- 2courgettes, grated
- 1drizzle of olive oil
- ½ cupreduced salt chicken stock
- 125 glite sour cream
- To serve
- 2 tbspsliced almonds
Nutrition Facts
Per serve
- Energy2381kJ
- Total Fat15g
- Total Carbohydrate54g
- Protein48g
Method:
- Bring a full kettle to the boil.
- Roughly chop broccoli. Add bulgur, broccoli, and a pinch of salt to a large heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Cover and leave to soak for 15-18 minutes until grains are tender. Drain well and return to bowl.
- Pat chicken dry and cut into steaks. Place your hand flat on top of the chicken and slice through horizontally. Roughly chop the tarragon and rub it onto the chicken. Season lightly.
- Heat olive oil in a large frypan on medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 3-5 minutes each side or until cooked through. Remove from pan and rest, covered. Reserve pan.
- While the chicken is cooking, grate courgette. When the chicken has cooked, return the reserved pan to medium heat with olive oil. Add the courgette and a pinch of salt and cook for about 2 minutes until starting to soften. Add chicken stock and simmer for about 2 minutes until the liquid is almost completely absorbed. Remove from heat and stir through sour cream.
- Add spinach to the bowl with drained bulgur, broccoli, vinegar, and olive oil. Toss well to combine.
- Thinly slice the chicken and stir any resting juices through creamed courgette.
- Serve bulgur salad with sliced chicken and creamed courgette. Sprinkle over almonds.
Tips:
- Use fresh or dried basil if you don’t have fresh tarragon.
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