Lemon-Spiced Chicken With Chickpeas

Submitted by Sarah_Jayne

"Another healthy looking recipe I have collected and intend to try. I am eating a lot of beans and pulses these days and another way to use chickpeas is never a bad thing. I collected this recipe from the February 2008 copy of the BBC Good Food Magazine. The recipe says that it is suitable for freezing."

 

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

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
• 1 onion, halved and thinly sliced
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunks
• 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
• 1 teaspoon ground cilantro
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of
• 1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas, drained
• 7 fluid ounces chicken stock
• 8 ounces spinach

directions

1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan.
2. Fry the onion gently for five minutes.
3. Turn up the heat and add the chicken.
4. Fry for about 3 minutes until golden.
5. Stir in the spices and the lemon zest and fry for 1 more minute.
6. Tip in the chickpeas and stock.
7. Put the lid on and simmer for 5 minutes.
8. Season to taste and then tip in spinach and re-cover.
9. Leave the spinach to wilt for 2 minutes and then stir through.
10. Squeeze over the lemon juice just before serving.

Reviews

[scwheeler24]

This dish was really tasty, and like cluich said, it is better the next day. I will probably use chix thighs in this recipe, I think it will enhance the flavors because I do think with the breasts it lacked a little. That's why the 4 stars.

 

[Cluich]

Okay, I was going to give this only three stars, because when I first cooked and ate it it was really quite bland. However, I threw the leftovers in the fridge and had some later, and it was very tasty! Next time, I think I'll marinate the cut-up chicken in the broth, spices, and the lemon zest before cooking. The flavor was there in leftovers. I just think it needs more time to permeate the dish. Thanks for posting, ER.

 

[susie cooks]

I really enjoyed this meal. The chicken, spinach and chickpeas are really great together. Next time I make this I may up the spices just a tad. Thanks English_Rose.

 

[Irmgard]

This is delicious and is ready in half an hour so is great for week night dinners. I had some of the leftovers for lunch and it tastes even better the next day. It makes enough for 4 or 5 servings so is great to make ahead for evenings when I don't have time to cook.