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Lemon-spiced chicken with chickpeas

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Lemon-spiced chicken with chickpeas

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Ingredients

  • Counts as 2 of 5-a-day, low fat
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 onion, halved and thinly sliced
  • 4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunks
  • 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
  • 1 tsp each ground coriander and cumin
  • zest and juice 1 lemon
  • 400g can chickpeas, drained
  • 200ml/7fl oz chicken stock
  • 250g bag spinach
Serves: 4 Preparation: 5 Cook Time: 15 Total Time: 20min whats this
 

Directions

  1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, then fry the onion gently for mins. Turn up the heat and add the chicken, frying for about mins until golden.
  2. Stir in the spices and lemon zest, fry for more min, then tip in the chickpeas and stock. Put the lid on and simmer for mins.
  3. Season to taste, then tip in spinach and re-cover. Leave to wilt for mins, then stir through. Squeeze over the lemon juice just before serving.

 

Source: Good Food magazine

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