A delicious and easy to prepare salad that gives great flavour and a good serving of protein.
Keyword: Clean Eating, Grilled Chicken with Brown Lentil Salad, Healthy Eating, Healthy Food Guide, Healthy Recipe, Healthy Recipes, HFG
Servings: 4
Ingredients
150g 4x skinless chicken breast fillets
2 Tbspbalsamic vinegar
2 cloves, garliccrushed
400g can of brown lentilsrinsed and drained
250g cherry tomatoeshalved
1 red onionhalved, finely sliced
⅓ cup flat-leaf parsleychopped
2 Tbspolive oil
1 Tbspwholegrain mustard
3 slices soy-linseed breadtoasted, cut into 1cm cubes
lemon wedges to serve
Instructions
Combine chicken, balsamic vinegar and 1 garlic clove in a glass bowl. Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 15 minutes to marinate.
Combine lentils, tomatoes, onion, parsley and remaining garlic clove in a glass bowl. Season with freshly ground black pepper.
Heat a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Lightly spray chicken with cooking oil. Cook for 3 minutes each side or until browned and cooked. Transfer to a plate. Brush with mustard. Cover with foil and set for 5 minutes to rest.
Combine bread cubes with lentil salad, then divide salad between serving plates. Diagonally cut chicken into 1cm-thick slices and arrange over salad. Serve with lemon wedges.
Notes
From: Lennon, Amanda (Dec 2007) Special Somethings For Everyone in: Healthy Food Guide