Lime-poached chicken and rice

Lime-poached chicken and rice

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Lime-flavored chicken marinated with ginger and garlic, poached in coconut milk and lime juice, served with rice and greens for a quick, healthy dinner.

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Ingredients

  • Marinade
  • 5 centimetre ginger, peeled and sliced into matchsticks
  • 4 clove garlic, finely sliced
  • 1 stalk lemongrass, white part only, finely sliced
  • zest 2 limes
  • 1/2 cup coriander, roughly chopped
  • 1 teaspoon chilli flakes, or 2 dried chillies, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • Chicken
  • 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • Poaching liquid
  • juice 2 limes
  • 2 kaffir lime leaves
  • 2 cans coconut milk
  • 1 can water
  • 2 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoon brown sugar
  • To serve
  • rice (about ½ a cup per breast)
  • spinach or asian greens (such as bok choy, choy sum)

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