Chicken Parcel is good source of iron, zinc and potassium.

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Chicken Parcel

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Health Check

Chicken is a good source of iron, zinc and potassium

Filo pastry sheets contain no fat or cholesterol

Preparation Time

20 minutes

Cooking Time

15 minutes

Recipe Serves 4

4 single chicken breast fillets, 125g each

8 thin spring onions/shallots, cut in 2cm lengths

½ small red capsicum, cut in julienne strips

6 sheets filo pastry

Juice of 1 orange

4 teaspoons olive oil

4 teaspoons lime or 4 extra teaspoons orange juice

Freshly ground black pepper

4 teaspoons butter or margarine, melted

Preparation & Cooking

Preheat oven to 180℃. Spray a baking tray with olive oil cooking spray. Trim fat and cartilage from chicken; score the top of each breast. Prepare vegetables.

Lay filo on a piece of greaseproof paper; cover. (See Cook's Tip 1.)

Place 2 filo sheets on a clean, dry work surface, brush lightly with orange juice, then cover with another sheet of filo. Brush with more juice. Using kitchen scissors, cut filo in half, or into a square, using perforations.

Place a chicken breast in centre of each filo square. Sprinkle with half vegetables. Pour 1 teaspoon olive oil and 1 teaspoon juice over each chicken breast and sprinkle with pepper. Enclose securely in filo pastry.

Place each parcel, seam side down, on baking tray; brush with melted butter. Repeat with remaining ingredients. bake for 15 minutes, until filo is golden. Serve immediately.