Chicken With Lemon and Garlic Tapas

Submitted by MeliBug

"This is out of an appetizer book!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 226.79 g skinless chicken breast fillets
• 29.58 ml olive oil
• 1 shallot
• 4 garlic cloves
• 4.92 ml paprika
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 lemon, slices of (garnish)
• salt
• pepper
• 29.58 ml chopped fresh parsley
• 1 sprig flat leaf parsley, stem (garnish)

directions

1. Sandwich the chicken breast fillets between 2 sheets of clear film (plastic wrap) or baking parchment. Bat out with a rolling pin or meat mallet until the fillets are about 1/4 inch thick.
2. Using a sharp knife, cut the chicken into strips about 1/2 inch wide.
3. Heat the oil in a large, heavy frying pan or wok until it is very hot but not smoking. Add the chicken strips, shallot, garlic, and paprika and stir-fry over a high heat for about 3 minutes, until the chicken is lightly browned and cooked through.
4. Stir in the lemon juice and parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a warm platter and serve immediately with lemon wedges. Garnish with a stem of flat leaf parsley.

Reviews

[stormylee]

Good, quick, flavourful! Served as a part of a tapa spread but will definitely try this as a main course with rice one of these days. Thank you!

 

[Elmotoo]

A+! I doubled it to serve as a main course over rice, tho. No leftovers! Really fast & easy, too. Made for the 12 Days of Christmas Swap.