Chicken With Asparagus & Caper Sauce

Submitted by Sara 76

"This is a simple, quick, and delicious week day meal!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 400 g sweet potatoes, peeled and halved lengthways and thinly sliced
• 4 chicken breast fillets, sliced thinly in half lengthways (to create 8 thinner "steaks")
• 1 bunch asparagus, edges trimmed
• cooking spray
• 60 g butter
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2 tablespoons capers
• 2 tablespoons oregano, chopped
• 40 g baby spinach leaves

directions

1. Preheat a char grill pan or barbecue grill on high. Spray sweet potao, chicken, and asparagus with cooking oil. Grill sweet potato for 3-4 minutes each side or until tender. Transfer to a plate. Grill the chicken and asparagus for 2-3 minutes each side, or until cooked. Transfer chicken to a plate, cover with foil; let rest for 5 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir in juice, capers and garlic. Cook and stir for 1 minute or until hot. Remove from heat, stir in oregano.
3. To serve, arrange chicken, asparagus, sweet potao, and spinach on plates and top with caper sauce.

Reviews

[Meist]

Fantastic! I wanted pasta too, so I served the chicken over a bed of angel hair pasta with the sauce (which I love! So I would make twice as much next time!)