ZAATAR CHICKEN AND CHICKPEA SALAD

Name: ZAATAR CHICKEN AND CHICKPEA SALAD
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Asian, Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1/2 tbsp coconut oil; 2 spring onions, finely sliced; 1 red chilli, finely sliced - remove the seeds if you don't like it hot; 1x 200g skinless chicken breast fillet, sliced into 1cm thick strips; 120g tinned chickpeas, drained and rinsed; 2 tsp zaatar, plus a little extra for sprinkling; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; juice of 1 lemon; salt; black pepper; 1/2 cucumber, chopped into 1cm cubes; 3 cherry tomatoes, halved; 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds

3 steps

Cook:15min

Zaatar sounds like the name of an alien planet but it's actually a really handy spice blend from the Middle East, which is now easy enough to find in most supermarkets. You'll be sprinkling zaatar on everything once you've tried it.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 05:04:58 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories492.6 kcal (25%)

Total Fat15.7 g (22%)

Carbs36.1 g (14%)

Sugars12.7 g (14%)

Protein53.4 g (107%)

Sodium1069.3 mg (53%)

Fiber8.8 g (31%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

1 servings

½ Tbspcoconut oil

2spring onions

finely sliced

1red chilli

finely sliced - remove the seeds if you don't like it hot

1 x 200gskinless chicken breast fillet

sliced into 1cm thick strips

120gchickpeas

tinned, drained and rinsed

2 tspzaatar

plus a little extra for sprinkling

2 Tbspparsley

0.5cucumber

chopped into 1cm cubes

3cherry tomatoes

halved

2 Tbsppomegranate seeds

Instructions

Step 1

Melt the coconut oil in a large frying pan over a medium to high heat. Add the spring onions, red chilli and chicken strips and stir-fry for about 3 minutes, by which time the chicken should be fully cooked through. To check, slice into one of the larger pieces to make sure the meat is white all the way through, with no raw pink bits left.

Step 2

Tip in the chickpeas and toss together with the chicken for about 1 minute, or until the chickpeas are just warmed through. Take the pan from the heat and add the zaatar, parsley and lemon juice along with a sprinkling of salt and pepper. Toss the whole lot together.

Step 3

Serve up the chicken and chickpeas topped with the chopped cucumber, tomatoes, pomegranate seeds, and a little extra sprinkling of zaatar.