Lemongrass-poached chicken with harissa tomatoes

Name: Lemongrass-poached chicken with harissa tomatoes
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 4 cm (1½ inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced; 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast fillets; 1 lemon, juiced; 90 g (3¼ oz/1 bunch) coriander (cilantro), rinsed well; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 lemongrass stem, white part only, rinsed and coarsely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 1 tablespoon harissa; 3 ripe roma (plum) tomatoes, cut into wedges; 1 red onion, thinly sliced; Lime wedges, to serve

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Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

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A Simple Table

By Michele Cranston

Published 2016

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If you like, you can poach the chicken for this recipe the day before–simply follow the method given here, reserving some of the poaching liquid. Then, when the chicken is cool, shred the meat and put it into a container before pouring over some of the reserved poaching liquid, adding a little more seasoning or freshly chopped herbs for extra flavour. This is a great method for cooking chicken fo

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Gluten-free

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