Lemongrass-poached chicken with harissa tomatoes

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

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

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