Steamed Chicken in Yellow Pepper and Dill Sauce

Name: Steamed Chicken in Yellow Pepper and Dill Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 150 ml (¼ pint) water; 3-4 large cloves garlic, halved; 2 yellow peppers, deseeded and chopped roughly; Fresh dill to garnish; Salt; 3–4 pinches cayenne pepper; 3 tablespoons Greek ewes’ milk yogurt; Generous handful of fresh dill, chopped; 4 chicken breast fillets, skinned and cut across into thin slices

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Companion

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1991

About

I devised this recipe for a visiting friend on a low-fat diet. The pepper and dill sauce tastes almost creamy so it has none of the austerity of a summer’s dish.

Ingredients

2 yellow peppers, deseeded and chopped roughly
3-4 large cloves garlic, halved
150

Dinner
Summer
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Put the chopped peppers and garlic in a saucepan with the water and sprinkle in a little salt. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer gently for about 20 minutes until the pepper is very soft. Remove from the heat. Put the pepper, garlic and water in a food processor and whizz to a smooth purée. You can then strain through a fine sieve if you want an extra-smooth purée, but I don’t think this is n