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Marinated spiced chicken

Name: Marinated spiced chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Thai recipes
Ingredients: 1 tsp coriander seeds; 1 tsp chilli flakes; 200ml Greek yogurt; Thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, finely grated; 1 lime, zested; 1 small bunch of fresh coriander, chopped; 1 tbsp clear honey; 4 skinless free-range chicken breasts

Published: 30 Jun 12
Updated: 18 Mar 24

This simple chicken recipe, marinated in yogurt, ginger, lime and chilli, is perfect for a midweek meal, just serve with your favourite side dish.

Easy
July 2012

Test kitchen approved

Serves 4
Hands-on time 5 min, cook time 20 min, plus 2 hours marinating

This simple chicken recipe, marinated in yogurt, ginger, lime and chilli, is perfect for a midweek meal, just serve with your favourite side dish.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 217kcals
Fat: 5.1g (2.6g saturated)
Protein: 38.8g
Carbohydrates: 5.6g (5.2g sugars)
Fibre: nil
Salt: 0.5g

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Ingredients

1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp chilli flakes
200ml Greek yogurt
Thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, finely grated
1 lime, zested
1 small bunch of fresh coriander, chopped
1 tbsp clear honey
4 skinless free-range chicken breasts

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Method

Dry-fry the coriander seeds and chilli flakes until aromatic. Crush in a pestle and mortar, then transfer to a large bowl.
Mix in the yogurt, ginger, lime zest, coriander and honey.
Slash the chicken breasts, put in the bowl and coat with the yogurt mix. Cover and marinate in the fridge for 2 hours. Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan170°C/gas 5.