Tamsin’s Lemon Chicken

Tamsin’s Lemon Chicken

By: Lee Holmes

With tender chicken infused with zesty lemon flavour, this dish is truly sensational. So if you’re ready for a burst of citrusy goodness, dive into this recipe.

Ingredients

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• Salt & pepper, to taste
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 leek, chopped
• 1 head broccoli, chopped
• 1 cup chicken broth
• ¼ cup oat milk
• Zest & juice 1 lemon
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tbsp grated parmesan

Method

• Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper on both sides.
• In a large frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the chicken breasts
  to the pan and cook until golden brown on both sides and cooked through, about 6-8
  mins per side depending on thickness. Remove the chicken and set aside.
• In the same pan, add the minced garlic and leek, sauté for about 1 min until fragrant.
• Pour in the chicken broth and use a spatula to scrape up any browned bits from the
  bottom of the pan.
• Stir in the oat milk, lemon zest and lemon juice. Bring the mixture to a simmer and let it
  cook for 2-3 mins until slightly thickened.
• Add broccoli, then return the chicken breasts to the skillet and let them simmer in the
  sauce for another 2-3 mins, allowing the flavours to meld together.
• Sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley and grated parmesan, if desired, before serving.
• Serve the creamy lemon chicken over cooked pasta, rice or alongside your
  favourite vegetables.

Lee Holmes is a nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, wholefoods chef, Lifestyle Food Channel’s Healthy Eating Expert, blogger and author of the best-selling books Supercharged Food: Eat Your Way to Health, Supercharged Food: Eat Yourself Beautiful, Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian, Heal your Gut, Eat Right for Your Shape and Supercharged Food for Kids.

Lee’s food philosophy is all about S.O.L.E. food: sustainable, organic, local and ethical. Her main goal is to alter the perception that cooking fresh, wholesome, nutrient-rich meals is difficult, complicated and time-consuming. From posting recipes, her passion to share her autoimmune disease story and help others has snowballed and the blog has recently taken home the overall prize at the Bupa Health Influencer Awards as well as the best blog in the Healthy Eating category. She also runs a four-week online Heal Your Gut program.