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🥗 Lemon Chicken with Wild Herb Salad
404 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 100 g mixed wild herbs
- 150 g mixed young salad leaves
- 4 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp acacia honey
- salt
- pepper (from the mill)
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 tbsp flaxseed oil
- 4 chicken breast fillets (with skin at 200g)
- 1 lemon
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- cayenne pepper
- paprika powder
Instructions
- 1. Wash the wild herbs thoroughly.
- 2. Shake the herbs dry.
- 3. Remove coarse stems from the leaves.
- 4. Tear the herbs into bite-sized pieces.
- 5. Whisk vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
- 6. Add both types of oil to the dressing.
- 7. Season the dressing with salt and pepper to taste.
- 8. Add more vinegar or honey if needed.
- 9. Pat the chicken breasts dry with a damp, vinegar-moistened kitchen towel.
- 10. Remove any tendons from the meat.
- 11. Season the chicken with cayenne pepper and paprika powder.
- 12. Peel the lemon thoroughly with a sharp knife.
- 13. Remove the white bitter pith while peeling.
- 14. Cut the lemon fillets out of the membranes.
- 15. Catch the released lemon juice.
- 16. Squeeze the juice from the remaining lemon peels.
- 17. Cut the lemon fillets into small pieces.
- 18. Heat the olive oil in a pan.
- 19. Fry the chicken breasts first on the skin side.
- 20. Fry them for about 3 to 4 minutes until golden brown.
- 21. Turn the chicken breasts over.
- 22. Reduce the heat to a low setting.
- 23. Finish cooking the meat slowly.
- 24. Turn the chicken several times while frying.
- 25. Fry it for about 10 minutes.
- 26. Remove the chicken breasts from the pan.
- 27. Set the meat aside.
- 28. Add the lemon pieces to the frying fat.
- 29. Add the collected lemon juice.
- 30. Warm the ingredients by shaking the pan.
- 31. Mix the salad with the dressing.
- 32. Distribute the salad onto the plates.
- 33. Slice the chicken breasts.
- 34. Place the meat on the salad.
- 35. Drizzle the dish with the lemon sauce.
- 36. Serve the chicken immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 404
- Protein: 49 g · Fett/Fat: 19 g · Carbs: 8 g