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🍽️ Grilled chicken breast with marinated zucchini strips

331 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 700 g chicken breast fillet (4 chicken breast fillets)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 sprigs rosemary
• 4 sprigs thyme
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 0.5 lemon (juice)
• pepper
• 1000 g zucchini (4 zucchini)
• 10 g basil (0.5 bunch)
• sea salt
• 160 g tomatoes (2 tomatoes)

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the chicken under cold water.
2. 2. Pat the meat dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Cut the breast fillets horizontally, but not all the way through.
4. 4. Open the fillets like a book.
5. 5. Pound the meat thin using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
6. 6. Peel the garlic.
7. 7. Chop the garlic finely.
8. 8. Wash the rosemary and thyme.
9. 9. Shake the herbs dry.
10. 10. Chop the herbs finely.
11. 11. Mix 2 tablespoons of olive oil with half of the garlic.
12. 12. Stir in the lemon juice.
13. 13. Add the chopped herbs.
14. 14. Season the marinade with pepper.
15. 15. Place the meat in a baking dish.
16. 16. Pour the marinade over the meat.
17. 17. Cover the dish.
18. 18. Let the meat marinate for at least 3 hours.
19. 19. Wash the zucchini.
20. 20. Trim the ends of the zucchini.
21. 21. Slice the zucchini lengthwise into about 3 millimeter thick slices.
22. 22. Wash the basil.
23. 23. Shake the basil dry.
24. 24. Chop the basil leaves finely.
25. 25. Mix the zucchini with the remaining oil.
26. 26. Add the remaining garlic.
27. 27. Season the zucchini with salt.
28. 28. Season the zucchini with pepper.
29. 29. Add the basil.
30. 30. Let the zucchini marinate for about 3 hours.
31. 31. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes briefly.
32. 32. Shock the tomatoes immediately with cold water.
33. 33. Remove the skin of the tomatoes.
34. 34. Quarter the tomatoes.
35. 35. Remove the core.
36. 36. Cut the flesh into small cubes.
37. 37. Season the tomato cubes with a little salt.
38. 38. Remove the chicken from the marinade.
39. 39. Season the chicken lightly with salt.
40. 40. Preheat a grill or grill pan.
41. 41. Grill the chicken for about 2 minutes on each side.
42. 42. Place the marinated zucchini strips in a pan.
43. 43. Sauté the zucchini over medium heat for about 2 minutes.
44. 44. Remove the zucchini from the heat when tender-crisp.
45. 45. Preheat 4 plates.
46. 46. Divide the zucchini among the plates.
47. 47. Place the halved chicken breast fillets decoratively on top.
48. 48. Garnish the dish with the tomato cubes.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 331
• Protein: 47 g · Fett/Fat: 12 g · Carbs: 7 g