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🍽️ Tender chicken breast with honey-cinnamon plum sauce

486 kcal · 60 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 800 g chicken breast fillet(s)
• 450 ml chicken broth
• 3 tomato(es)
• salt and pepper
• 125 g dried plum(s)
• 1 tsp honey (liquid)
• 1 tbsp ginger (freshly grated)
• 50 g raisins (or currants)
• 1 pinch(es) turmeric
• saffron
• 150 ml water
• sesame (toasted)
• 1 stick(s) cinnamon

Instructions

1. 1. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes.
2. 2. Remove the skin from the tomatoes.
3. 3. Cut the peeled tomatoes into small cubes.
4. 4. Heat the oil in a large pot.
5. 5. Brown the chicken breast in the hot oil.
6. 6. Add the cinnamon stick, tomato cubes, broth, salt, and pepper to the pot.
7. 7. Bring the mixture to a boil.
8. 8. Reduce the heat to a low setting.
9. 9. Cover the pot.
10. 10. Let the dish simmer gently for about 30 minutes.
11. 11. Remove the lid during the last few minutes of cooking.
12. 12. Cook the dried plums with honey, ginger, raisins, turmeric, and saffron in water.
13. 13. Cook the plum mixture for about 15 minutes until they are soft.
14. 14. Place the cooked chicken breast in a pre-warmed serving dish.
15. 15. Keep the chicken breast warm.
16. 16. Let the cooking liquid in the pot reduce slightly.
17. 17. Add the soft plums to the sauce in the pot.
18. 18. Heat the sauce with the plums for about 1 minute.
19. 19. Pour the hot sauce over the chicken breast.
20. 20. Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds over the dish.
21. 21. Serve the chicken with rice or couscous.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 486
• Protein: 57 g · Fett/Fat: 14 g · Carbs: 31 g