Love Chicken? Might want to add this chicken recipe to your list. The Za'atar chicken and freekeh with date yogurt is easy and simple to prepare. Added with Za'atar spice, a Middle Eastern spice blend, will surely bring a unique and mouth-watering twist to how you see chicken!
Serves 3 - 4
Ingredients
- 1 essential lemon, quartered
- 2 onions, finely sliced
- 1½ tbsp essential olive oil
- 6 chicken thigh fillets
- 2 tsp za'atar
- ½ tsp ground cumin, plus a pinch more
- 2 gem lettuces, quartered lengthways
- 2 pitted medjool dates, chopped
- 4 tbsp low fat Greek yogurt
- 250g pack ready-cooked freekeh
- 100g cavolo nero, finely shredded
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220ºC, gas mark 7. Finely slice 1 lemon quarter; toss with the onions on a large baking tray. Toss 1 tbsp oil with the chicken, zaatar, ½ tsp cumin and juice of 2 lemon quarters; season and lay over the onions. Roast for 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat a frying pan over a high heat. Toss the lettuce with the remaining ½ tbsp oil, season and sear on each side for a minute; set aside. Blitz the dates, yogurt, pinch of cumin and the juice of the final lemon quarter in a small food processor or NutriBullet until smooth; season and set aside.
- After 25 minutes, remove the chicken from the tray and set aside on a plate to rest. Toss the freekeh and cavolo nero through the onions and return to the oven for a final 5 minutes. Serve topped with the chicken, date yogurt and charred gem lettuce.
Click here to buy Za'atar spice blend and other herbs and spices
Source: Waitrose
Check here for the YouTube Instructional Video by Waitrose
