Chermoula chicken meze platter
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + marinating
- Easy
- Serves 4
- 2 lemonsjuiced
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- a small bunch coriander
- 1 red chillichopped
- 2 cloves garlicchopped
- olive oil
- 2 chicken breastscut into chunks
- 100g hummus
- 150g natural yogurt
- 1/4 red cabbageshredded
- 1/4 red onionchopped
- 3 tomatoesdiced
- 1/2 cucumberdiced
- red whine vinegar
- 4 soft pittas
- kcal503low
- fat19g
- saturates2.3g
- carbs49g
- sugars9g
- fibre5.7g
- protein31.1g
- salt1.4g
Method
step 1
Put the juice of 1 lemon, the cumin, paprika, coriander, chilli and garlic in a food processor and whizz, adding enough olive oil to make a marinade (about 3-4 tbsp).
step 2
Add the chicken, coat with the marinade and leave for 20-30 minutes.
step 3
Mix the hummus, yogurt and the juice of ½ lemon, and season.
step 4
Toss the cabbage with a good pinch of salt and the juice of the remaining ½ lemon.
step 5
Mix the onion, tomatoes and cucumber with a pinch of salt, a dash of vinegar and olive oil.
step 6
Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200/gas 7.
step 7
Skewer the chicken, then put on a baking tray and cook for 10 minutes, turning halfway until golden and cooked through.
step 8
To serve, put all the elements on a big platter and let people build their own pittas.