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Grilled Chicken Breast with Vegetables
Chicken

Grilled Chicken Breast with Vegetables

Grilled chicken breast with an herb marinade, served with colorful roasted vegetables.

⏱ 55 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    In a bowl, mix the olive oil, smoked paprika, cumin, garlic, lemon juice, salt and black pepper. Set aside about a third of the mixture for the vegetables, and coat the chicken with the rest.
    Bowl
  2. 2
    Cover and marinate in the fridge 30 minutes.
    Refrigerator
  3. 3
    Toss the red pepper, zucchini and eggplant with the reserved mixture.
    Bowl
  4. 4
    Heat a grill pan over high heat.
    ⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveGrill pan
  5. 5
    Sear the chicken in a single layer 5–6 minutes per side, until it is nicely seared and cooked through.
    Stove
    💡Chicken pieces in a single layer, left alone until the underside releases, sear and brown; in a crowded pan they release liquid and steam.
  6. 6
    Remove the chicken and, in the same pan, grill the red pepper, zucchini and eggplant 3–4 minutes per side until tender.
    Stove
  7. 7
    Let the chicken rest 5 minutes before cutting.
    KnifeCutting board
  8. 8
    Serve the chicken with the grilled vegetables.
373calories
47 gprotein
6 gcarbs
16 gfat
● protein 53%● carbs 7%● fat 40%

Per serving (374 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Grill pan · Also works: Cast-iron pan (No grill marks) · Charcoal grill (Outdoors) · Broiler (Broiler)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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