This is a high protein lunch or dinner choice (whichever you choose as this is a low carbs dish).
Grilled chicken breast with spinach and green peas
Calories: 420kcal
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast about 400 g
- 250 g frozen green peas
- 400 g fresh spinach
- 2 roasted peppers frozen
- 5 chives stems
- 1 pinch of raw sesame seeds
- 1/2 lime
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tsp honey
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Defreeze the roasted peppers.
- Prepare a dressing for the roasted peppers from 1 tsp honey, 1tsp salt, 1tbsp vinegar and 100 ml water. Put the roasted peppers in this dressing for at least 5 minutes or until the rest of the components for this recipe are ready to serve.
- Add a grill pan to the stove to preheat it.
- Cut the chicken breast into halves, remove all visible veins and fats. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Grill the chicken breast on the grill pan for 5 minutes on each side (or more if you think it might not be cooked through as stoves gas/electric power varies).
- In the meantime, bring one liter of water to boil into a small pan and add the frozen peas after the water stared to boil. Boil for 5 minutes then drain completely and season with finely chopped chives and salt.
- Steam the spinach for 5 minutes, drain and season with salt, a pinch of sesame seeds and drizzled lime juice.
- Divide the prepared foods into 2 serving plates and enjoy!
