Poached chicken with tender-stem broccoli, almonds and grapefruit dressing Recipe

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Poached chicken with tender-stem broccoli, almonds and grapefruit dressing

Pickled ginger, soy sauce and chilli make a fresh zesty dressing for this chicken. A healthy, low-fat recipe that's full of flavour, texture and crunch.

Serves: 4 people

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broccoli

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Ingredients

1 cup (250 ml) chicken stock

1 chopped chilli

1 crushed clove of garlic

1 cm knob of chopped ginger

4 skinless deboned chicken breasts

For the dressing

250ml juice of a grapefruit

3ml soy sauce

1 chopped chilli

30ml chopped pickled ginger

To serve

400g packet tenderstem broccoli

140g punnet blanched mangetout

200g steamed leaves of baby spinach

2 segmented grapefruits

100g toasted and chopped almonds

Method

Bring stock, chilli, garlic and ginger to a simmer. Add the whole chicken breasts, cover with parchment paper and poach for 15 minutes. Slice the breasts into large pieces. For the dressing, whisk all the ingredients together and keep aside. Serve on a bed of broccoli, mangetout, spinach and grapefruit segments. Sprinkle with almonds and a drizzle of the dressing.

By Abigail Donnelly. Courtesy of Mediclinic family. Visit the digital magazine for more healthy recipe ideas.