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Chicken and Sweet Potato Salad

Prep Time:

15 Minutes

Cook Time:

1 hr 15 Minutes

Serves:

2 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 lemon

  • 1 ½kg whole chicken , fat from inside the neck cavity removed

  • 3 tbsp finely chopped parsley leaves (reserve the stalks)

  • 2 large sweet potatoes (175g each)

  • 2 red onions, cut into wedges

  • 1 tsp fennel seeds

  • 7 whole garlic cloves

  • 2 tsp rapeseed oil

  • 125g spinach

  • 4 heaped tbsp pomegranate seeds

Preparation

Step 1


Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Grate the zest and squeeze the juice from the lemon into 2 bowls, then push the wedges inside the chicken with the parsley stalks. Season the chicken to taste and put the chicken in a roasting tin to roast for 30 mins.


Step 2


Meanwhile, scrub the sweet potatoes (no need to peel) and cut into chunks. Put in another roasting tin with the onions, fennel, and 6 whole garlic cloves, then toss with the oil. When the chicken has had its 30 mins, put the potatoes in the oven and roast for 30-40 mins more.


Step 3


Meanwhile, chop the remaining garlic clove for the dressing, then mix with the lemon zest and parsley. Mix the lemon juice, oil and some black pepper in a bowl.


Step 4


Remove the chicken and potatoes from the oven. Cover the chicken and leave to rest. Stir half the dressing mix into the lemon juice and oil. Stir the spinach through the potato mix and return to the oven for 2 mins to wilt. Tip into the lemon dressing and toss well. Carve a chunk of breast meat from the chicken (you need about 140g), remove the skin, then cut into pieces. Toss into the salad with the pomegranate seeds, then serve scattered with the remaining dressing.


Kcal 477

Fat 8g

Carbs 65g

Protein 29g


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