Spicy Salsa Chicken

Sometimes you need a little spice in your life and food is a good way to do it! 

This spicy salsa chicken is a perfect light summers meal that can be made as mild or as spicy as you like! 

Serves 4 

Ingredients: 

• chicken breasts x4 
• Red pepper x2
• Spring Onion x5
• Mushrooms
• Chorizo
• Salsa sauce 
• Chopped tomatoes x1 tin 
• Nandos mild sauce 

Prep time - 10 minutes, cooking time - 30 minutes

• Chopped all veg into chunks and put into a pan with some cooking oil 
• Whilst the vegetables are cooking dice the chicken into chucks 
• Add the chicken to the mixture and cook through
• Once the chicken has cook through add in the chorizo and continue to stir until everything is cooked
• Add in the chopped tomatoes and salsa, stir the sauce into the meat and vegetables 
• Add in a few drops of Nandos sauce and stir into the mixture 
• Leave to simmer for about 10 minutes to allow the flavours to soak into the chicken 
• Serve with either pasta or rice 

It is a really simple recipe but so tasty and ideal for lunches or dinner. 

I have started cooking in bulk to this actually served as dinner and 2 lunches for me last week! 

The beauty of this meal is that it is versatile so you can add in different spices and favours depending on how hot or mild you like it! 

 

Chicken Kebabs

Summer is round the corner, and my appetite is changing, less of the Sunday roasts and winter comfort food and more of the light, fresh foods.

So this weeks recipe is homemade chicken kebabs - really easy and So tasty! 

Ingredients:

• Chicken - ready diced x 2 packs 
• 4 peppers

For the marinade

• Honey
• Garlic salt
• Soy sauce 

Prep time 30 mins

• Mix the honey, soy sauce and garlic salt into a tupperware box, make a good amount of marinade sauce to ensure you cover the chicken
• Put the diced chicken into the marinade, put the lid on the tub and shake well
• Leave for 30 mins in the fridge
• Cut the peppers into chunks 
• Once the chicken has been left in the marinade for 30mins or more take out of the fridge
• Put the chicken and peppers on the skewers
• Place under a grill and turn them over every 10 mins to ensure the kebabs cook through 
• Serve on a plate with coleslaw, potato salad and some fresh veg - we chose cucumber and carrots, along with greek dips

It is the perfect summer evening meal - it can be cooked on the grill or on a BBQ, and it is healthy and clean as well! 

To mix it up a bit you can add on prawns, chorizo or onions for some variety!

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