Coconut Crusted Chicken with Pecan, Apple Salad

Name: Coconut Crusted Chicken with Pecan, Apple Salad
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: For the chicken and Marinate; 5 chicken fillets; 60 ml fat free plain yogurt; 1 Tbsp ginger garlic and chilli paste; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1/2 tsp chilli powder; to taste Salt and pepper; For the Crumb Batter; 1 cup desiccated coconut; 1/4 cup sesame seeds; 1 red chilli flakes; The salad; 1/2 cup lightly toasted pecans roughly chopped; 100 g butter lettuce; 100 g cherry tomatoes cut lengthwise in half; 1 sml cucumber cut in half lengthwise then sliced; 1 carrot sliced; 2 pink lady apples cored and sliced; Dressing; 3 Tbsp Olive oil; 1 tsp apple cider vinegar; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 tsp whole grain Dijon mustard; to taste Salt and pepper

Navitha @cook_2926118

Tasty, light meal perfect for lunch or dinner

Navitha @cook_2926118

Tasty, light meal perfect for lunch or dinner

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Ingredients

For the chicken and Marinate
5chicken fillets
60 mlfat free plain yogurt
1 Tbspginger garlic and chilli paste
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tspcumin powder
1/2 tspchilli powder
to tasteSalt and pepper
For the Crumb Batter
1 cupdesiccated coconut
1/4 cupsesame seeds
1red chilli flakes
The salad
1/2 cuplightly toasted pecans roughly chopped
100 gbutter lettuce
100 gcherry tomatoes cut lengthwise in half
1sml cucumber cut in half lengthwise then sliced
1carrot sliced
2pink lady apples cored and sliced
Dressing
3 TbspOlive oil
1 tspapple cider vinegar
1 tsplemon juice
1 tspwhole grain Dijon mustard
to tasteSalt and pepper

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Steps

1

Cut chicken across into 2 pieces as demonstrated.
2

For the Marinate: Combine ingredients for marinate adding chicken last and mix well to coat chicken properly.
3

Crumb the chicken: combine crumb ingredients.
4

Coat marinated chicken fillets well (press down lightly to ensure that crumb sticks well to chicken).Once coated place onto a lightly greased moderately hot non-stick pan and cook well turning once. This should be about 10 minutes per side.
5

Let chicken cool slightly then slice across as per attached photo
6

Salad: prepare dressing by combine ingredients well then add in sliced apples and toss to coat while preparing remaining salad ingredients.
7

Layer lettuce, then cucumber, carrots, tomatoes and lastly apples that were coated in salad dressing. Drizzle dressing over salad and toss well. Finish by topping with toasted pecans.
8

Plate and serve