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Easy Baja Chicken & Spinach Garlic Rice
Easy Baja Chicken & Spinach Garlic Rice

Easy Baja Chicken & Spinach Garlic Rice

with Zesty Salsa & Lemon Yoghurt

Baja-style food draws inspiration from well-loved Latin flavours, taking advantage of fresh ingredients and plenty of chicken! Give it a whirl tonight with tender, mildly spiced chicken, complete with a lovely char, plus sweet tomatoes and citrus-spiked yoghurt to balance the richness.

Tags:
Air Fryer Friendly
•Calorie Smart
Allergens:
Milk

The quantities provided above are averages only.

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Preparation Time20 minutes
Cooking Time15 minutes
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

Serving amount

1

Cucumber

1

Tomato

2

Garlic

1

Lemon

1

Spring Onion

1 packet

Baby Spinach Leaves

1 sachet

Tex-Mex Spice Blend

(May be present: Gluten, Soy, Wheat.)

1 packet

Greek-Style Yoghurt

(Contains: Milk;)

1 packet

Basmati Rice

(May be present: Gluten, Soy, Wheat.)

330 g

Chicken Breast

Not included in your delivery

61.5 cup

water (for the rice)

1 drizzle

olive oil

15 g

butter

(Contains: Milk;)

¼ tsp

salt

Nutritional Values

Calories596 kcal
Energy (kJ)2490 kJ
Fat15.6 g
of which saturates7.5 g
Carbohydrate66 g
of which sugars6.3 g
Dietary Fibre7.7 g
Protein45 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Sodium760 mg
The average adult daily energy intake is 8700 kJ

Utensils

•Lid
•Medium Pan

Cooking Steps

Cook the garlic rice
1

• Finely chop garlic.
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter with a drizzle of olive oil over medium heat. Cook garlic until fragrant, 1-2 minutes.
• Add basmati rice, the water and the salt, then bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and cover with a lid. Cook for 10 minutes, then remove from heat.
• Keep covered until rice is tender and water is absorbed, 10 minutes.

Get prepped
2

• Meanwhile, roughly chop snacking tomatoes. Thinly slice spring onion.
• Zest lemon to get a good pinch, then slice into wedges.
• In a medium bowl, combine snacking tomatoes, cucumber, a squeeze of lemon juice and a drizzle of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a small bowl, combine Greek-style yoghurt and lemon zest. Season to taste.
• Place your hand flat on top of chicken breast and slice through horizontally to make two thin steaks.

Cook the salmon
3

• SPICY! This is a mild spice blend, but use less if you’re sensitive to heat. When the rice has 10 minutes remaining, combine chicken with Tex-Mex spice blend. Toss to coat.
• In a large frying pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil over medium-high heat.
• Cook chicken steaks until cooked through, 3-6 minutes each side (cook in batches if your pan is getting crowded).

TIP: The chicken is cooked when it is no longer pink inside.

Finish & serve
4

• Stir baby spinach leaves through garlic rice.
• Divide spinach garlic rice between bowls. Top with chicken, zesty salsa and a dollop of lemon yoghurt.
• Serve with any remaining lemon wedges. Enjoy!