Pan seared Chicken Breast with Mango Salsa

Nootan Ghimire
Nootan Ghimire @cook_5675791
Kathamandu, Nepal

Steak style Chicken, and some tangy salsa

Pan seared Chicken Breast with Mango Salsa

Steak style Chicken, and some tangy salsa

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Ingredients

25 mins
2 servings
  1. 2skinless boneless chicken breast
  2. 5 clovesgarlic
  3. 2medium sized shallots
  4. 5 tbspginger paste
  5. 5 tbspturmeric powder
  6. 5 tbspCoriander powder
  7. 5 tbspCumin Powder
  8. 2 tbspred chilli powder
  9. 1 tbspvinegar
  10. 4 tbspmustard oil/Canola oil
  11. 2mango, half raw (sour)
  12. 2green chillies
  13. 2red chillies
  14. to tastesalt
  15. to tasteblack pepper
  16. 1lemon/lime

Cooking Instructions

25 mins
  1. 1

    Create your marinade: Grind shallots and garlic, mix with all powders, ginger paste, mustard oil, tiny amount of lemon juice, vinegar, salt, pepper.

  2. 2

    Make the two chicken breasts four by halving its thickness. Pound the meat to stretch fibers. Pound with meat pounder or any heavy wine-bottle like material with pushing action.

  3. 3

    Add the chicken breasts to the marinade. And let it rest for as long as you can. (Overnight is OK, but 30mins to an hour is just fine)

  4. 4

    Heat cast iron pot. Make sure its very hot. Add a pinch of oil. Make sure its smoking. Carefully drop the marinated chicken breast to the pot. Cook around 6 to 8 minutes each side. You can infuse whole garlic., or rosemary branch too.

  5. 5

    For salsa, cut mangoes, and cut green and red chillies in an angle, mix mango with salt, lemon juice, pepper. Transfer to serving dish. Garnish with chillies on top.

  6. 6

    Serve with toasted bread, or by itself. If you have any suggestions to make this chicken more juicer, please leave me a comment !

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