Lime-marinated chicken with Mediterranean bread

Name: Lime-marinated chicken with Mediterranean bread
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons salt; 140 ml (4½ fl oz) extra virgin olive oil; 680 g (1 lb 6 oz) strong or unbleached flour; 30 g (1 oz) fresh yeast; juice of ½ lime; 440 ml (14 fl oz) lukewarm water; 8 skinless chicken thigh fillets; 100 g (3¼ oz) sun-dried tomatoes, soaked, drained and roughly chopped (see Chef’s tips); 410 g (13 oz) plain yoghurt; 3 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh coriander; 2 fresh green chillies, seeded and chopped; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 100 g (3¼ oz) pitted black olives, roughly chopped; grated rind of 3 limes

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 45

Appears in

Chicken

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1997

About

This refreshing dish combines the flavours of the Mediterranean and the tropics. Lime, yoghurt and coriander blend especially well together and are complemented by a light, crusty bread.

Ingredients

Mediterranean bread (see Chef’s tips)

440 ml (14 fl oz) lukewarm water
30 g

Main course

Method

To make the Mediterranean bread, combine the warm water and yeast in a small bowl and stir together until smoothly blended. Sieve 440 g (14 oz) of the strong flour into a bowl