Why wait for the weekend to cook for friends? Here’s how to dress up everyday ingredients to create a dinner that is dazzling and delicious
Ingredients
- 3 mandarins
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh continental parsley
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1/2-1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
- 60ml (1/4 cup) olive oil
- 95g (1 1/2 cups) fresh breadcrumbs
- 60g (1/3 cup) Sicilian green olives, pitted, thinly sliced
- 4 (about 800g) chicken breast fillets
- 125g chorizo sausage, thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup fresh continental parsley leaves
Method
- Step 1Squeeze juice from 2 mandarins. Stir mandarin juice, chopped parsley, garlic, paprika, chilli and 2 tablespoons of oil in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Combine the breadcrumbs, olives and 2 tablespoons parsley mixture in a bowl.
- Step 2Preheat oven to 200ºC. Place each piece of chicken between 2 sheets of plastic wrap. Gently pound until 1cm thick. Trim to make a rectangle. Divide breadcrumb mixture among chicken pieces. Roll up to enclose filling. Use toothpicks to secure.
- Step 3Heat the remaining oil in a large ovenproof frying pan. Cook the chicken, turning, for 5 minutes or until browned. Top with remaining parsley mixture. Transfer the pan to the oven. Bake for 20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Set aside for 5 minutes to rest.
- Step 4Peel and segment the remaining mandarin. Cook the chorizo in a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat for 2 minutes or until browned. Add mandarin and stir for 1 minute or until warmed through. Stir in parsley leaves.
- Step 5Cut chicken in half and serve with the chorizo mixture. Drizzle over pan juices.
- High protein
- Low carb
- Low sugar
- Lower gi
Nutrition
2293 kj
Energy
26g
Fat Total
6g
Saturated Fat
4g
Fibre
54g
Protein
146mg
Cholesterol
654.25mg
Sodium
8g
Carbs (sugar)
23g
Carbs (total)
All nutrition values are per serve
- Author: Cynthia Black
- Image credit: Brett Stevens
- Publication: Australian Good Taste
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