Lebanese Lemon Garlic Chicken - Al Aseel copycat

• порції: 3 servings
• активний час: 15 minutes
• загальний час: 25 minutes

Інгредієнти

500g/ 1lb chicken tenderloin (or breast), cut into 4cm / 1.5" squares, large vein cut out (Note 1)

4 tbsp Greek or plain yogurt

3 tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp garlic (, finely grated or crushed using garlic press (~4 big cloves)

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt (1/2 tsp table salt, 1 1/4 tsp flakes)

1 cup Greek or plain yogurt (, full fat essential here!)

3/4 tsp garlic (, finely grated or crushed using garlic press (~1 clove)

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp tahini (hulled), or extra 1 tbsp olive oil (Note 3)

1 tbsp+ water

1 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt (1/2 tsp table salt, 1 1/4 tsp flakes)

2 tbsp olive oil (, for cooking)

1 tsp parsley (, roughly chopped (or equal amounts mint and parsley)

Lemon wedges and extra virgin olive oil (, for garnish)

Lebanese bread (for sauce mopping (recommended)

Напрямки

ABBREVIATED RECIPE:

Marinade chicken 12 - 24 hrs. Cook in 2 batches. Whisk sauce, rest 1 hr, warm just before serving. Smother chicken, serve!

FULL RECIPE:

Marinade - Mix the marinade ingredients in a bowl. Add the chicken, toss to coat then refrigerate to marinate for 12 - 24 hours (Note 2).

Sauce - Put the sauce ingredients in a microwaveable bowl and whisk to combine. Set aside for 1 hour + to let the garlic flavour meld. (Note 4)

Cook chicken - Drain off excess marinade from the chicken. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large non stick pan over high heat. Place half the chicken in and cook for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes on each side until golden. Remove onto a plate.

Repeat - Scrape out / roughly wipe loose black bits out of the pan. Reheat remaining oil and cook remaining chicken. Rest for 2 minutes.

Warm sauce - While the chicken is resting, microwave for 40 seconds to warm (but not hot) then give it a good whisk. Taste and add more lemon for tangier, or more water to loosen (some yogurts are thicker than others).

Serving - Spread half the sauce in a shallow bowl. Use a spatula to transfer the chicken onto the yogurt. Spoon over remaining sauce, finish with a swish of olive oil and sprinkle of parsley. Serve!

Харчування

• Калорії: 285 kcal
• Загальний жир: 18 g
• Насичений жир: 3 g
• Ненасичений жир: 14 g
• Трансжир: 0.01 g
• Холестерин: 80 mg
• Натрій: 1022 mg
• Загальні вуглеводи: 3 g
• Харчові волокна: 0.3 g
• Загальна кількість цукру: 1 g
• Білок: 28 g