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🍽️ Honey Chicken with Yellow Pepper Pilaf and Cucumber Salad

531 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• chicken breast fillets 600 g
• salt pinch
• pepper, black ground pinch
• honey 2 tsp
• cucumbers 1 pc.
• onions, yellow 1 pc.
• pepper, yellow 2 pc.
• dill, fresh 20 g
• chili pepper mix 0.5 pc.
• organic limes 1 pc.
• oil 3 tbsp
• basmati rice 300 g
• curry powder 1 tsp
• soy sauce 2 tbsp

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the chicken under running water.
2. 2. Pat the meat dry with a kitchen towel.
3. 3. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
4. 4. Brush the meat with one teaspoon of honey.
5. 5. Set the chicken aside.
6. 6. Wash the cucumber thoroughly.
7. 7. Cut off the ends of the cucumber.
8. 8. Halve the cucumber lengthwise.
9. 9. Slice the cucumber halves into long strips using a peeler or spiralizer.
10. 10. Place the cucumber strips into a bowl.
11. 11. Lightly salt the cucumbers.
12. 12. Set the cucumbers aside as well.
13. 13. Halve the onion.
14. 14. Peel the onion.
15. 15. Dice the onion finely.
16. 16. Rinse the bell pepper.
17. 17. Halve the bell pepper.
18. 18. Remove the stem and seeds from the bell pepper.
19. 19. Cut the bell pepper into small pieces.
20. 20. Wash the dill.
21. 21. Shake the dill dry.
22. 22. Remove the coarse stems from the dill.
23. 23. Finely chop the dill.
24. 24. Wash the chili pepper.
25. 25. Halve the chili pepper.
26. 26. Seed the chili pepper.
27. 27. Slice the chili pepper into thin strips.
28. 28. Halve the lime.
29. 29. Squeeze the juice from the lime.
30. 30. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a pot over high heat.
31. 31. Add the onions, bell pepper, rice, and curry to the pot.
32. 32. Roast the ingredients for about two minutes.
33. 33. Deglaze the mixture with about 700 milliliters of salted water.
34. 34. Cover the pot.
35. 35. Simmer the pilaf on low to medium heat for about 15 minutes.
36. 36. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a frying pan over high heat.
37. 37. Fry the chicken for about three minutes until golden brown.
38. 38. Reduce the heat to low.
39. 39. Cover the chicken.
40. 40. Cook the chicken for another eight minutes.
41. 41. Turn the chicken occasionally.
42. 42. Squeeze the cucumber strips lightly.
43. 43. Drain the released water.
44. 44. Mix the cucumbers in the bowl with soy sauce.
45. 45. Add one teaspoon of honey to the cucumbers.
46. 46. Add the chili pepper strips to the cucumbers.
47. 47. Add two tablespoons of lime juice to the cucumbers.
48. 48. Season the salad with salt and pepper.
49. 49. Season the pilaf with lime juice.
50. 50. Season the pilaf with salt and pepper.
51. 51. Fold the dill into the pilaf.
52. 52. Plate the pilaf, chicken, and salad.
53. 53. Serve the dish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 531
• Protein: 35 g · Fett/Fat: 18 g · Carbs: 58 g