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Chicken Brochettes

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Health Check

Chicken is a good source of B vitamins.

Four 'cherry' tomatoes contrubute half the daily recommended supply of vitamin C.

Preparation Time

20 minutes

Cooking Time

10 minutes

Recipe Serves 4

4 single chicken breast fillets, skinned (125g each)

8 large spring onions

16 small cherry tomatoes

Juice of one lemon

8 teaspoons olive oil

8 French shallots, or 1 small onion finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

4 teaspoons chopped ginger

2 green chillis, seeded and chopped

8 teaspoons tomato sauce

2 teaspoons chopped parsley or oregano

Preparation & Cooking

Trim chicken and cut into 2.5cm cubes. Place in a bowl.

To prepare marinade, pour lemon juice over chicken first. Heat olive oil in a small frying pan and fry French shallots, garlic, ginger and chillis on a medium heat, until shallots are soft. Remove from heat and stir in tomato sauce and herb. Add to chicken and stir.

Cover chicken and marinate in refrigerator for 1 hour.

Peel spring onions and cut into 2cm lengths, using both white and green part of stalk. Wash tomatoes in cold water and dry them well.

Thread chicken cubes onto 8 pre-soaked bamboo skewers, dividing evenly, and adding 2 tomatoes and a few pieces of spring onion to each one.

Cook under a pre-heated hot grill, or over a medium-hot barbecued, brushing with marinade and turning frequently, until evenly cooked, about 10 mintues.