Sizzling lemony chicken and potatoes

This is one of those great messy, quick dinners that tastes fantastic. Take your day's frustrations out on the chicken, then set to work at the stove for a super-fast sizzling feast!

Ingredients

  • 4 small potatoes

    peeled, 1cm dice

  • 500g chicken breasts

  • 1 tbsp plain flour

  • 1 tbsp butter

  • 20ml olive oil

  • 2 tsp garlic cloves

    minced

  • 125ml white wine

  • 1 lemon

    zest and juice

  • 1 cup frozen peas

  • 100g baby spinach

  • 1 tbsp parsley

    chopped

Equipment

  • 1 large frypan
  • 1 rolling pin
  • 1 mallet

Instructions

  1. Boil potatoes for 8 minutes or until tender. Drain.
  2. Slice chicken into long strips and place between two sheets of cling wrap. Pound with a rolling pin or mallet until very thin. Tear into small pieces. Dust lightly in seasoned flour.
  3. Melt butter and oil in a large frypan. Add chicken and cook for a couple of minutes, shaking pan. Add garlic and potatoes and continue shaking pan. Pour in wine and allow it to bubble up and reduce for approximately 1 minute.
  4. Add lemon zest and peas and continue sizzling for another minute. Finally, add lemon juice, spinach and parsley and cook until spinach has just wilted.

Notes

Tip
If you don't want to use wine, a little light chicken stock would do the job.
Variation
Leave out the potatoes and serve the dish with pasta or rice.

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