Chicken paillard
Try this easy paillard of chicken, flattened to make a thin escalope. Pan-fried and served with red peppers and anchovies, it's a speedy and healthy meal for two
- Total:
- Serves: 2 persons
Ingredients
- olive oil
- 2red peppers, seeded and sliced
- 1clove garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2anchovies, roughly chopped
- a small bunch flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
- 1lemon, halved
- 2skinless chicken breast fillets
Instructions
Step 1
Heat a little olive oil and fry the red peppers until they are soft and toasted at the edges. Add the garlic and stir, then add the anchovies and cook for 5 minutes before stirring through the parsley and squeezing over some lemon. Season.Step 2
Meanwhile, halve the chicken fillets horizontally, put them between sheets of cling film and bash them out with a rolling pin until thin. Brush with oil, season well and then fry until just cooked through. Squeeze over the remaining lemon and serve with the peppers.