Tasty and easy to make protein recipes: Chicken with sweet potato and green bean salad 8 years ago

Tasty and easy to make protein recipes: Chicken with sweet potato and green bean salad

Homer Simpson once said, "You don't win friends with salad," but he obviously wasn't talking about this one.

Ingredients:

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  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 2 sweet potatoes
  • 1 tsp dried rosemary
  • 100g green beans
  • 1 red onion
  • ½ a head of lettuce
  • Pepper

Dressing Ingredients:

  • 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1tbsp olive oil
  • Pepper

Instructions:

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  • Grill the chicken breasts, and when cooked set aside.
  • Chop the sweet potatoes into a number of small cubes.
  • Heat up a tbsp of coconut oil and drizzle over a baking tray, then place the cubes of sweet potatoes on it.
  • Cover the sweet potatoes with a drizzle of coconut oil, rosemary and season with pepper. Place the baking tray into the oven and cook for 20 minutes, turning after 10 minutes.
  • Place the green beans in a saucepan of boiling water and cook until ‘al dente’, not too firm or not too soft. Drain the saucepan when ready.
  • To make the lemon dressing mix the lemon juice, olive oil and some pepper in a bowl.
  • Chop up the red onion and the half a head of lettuce and toss them together in a bowl along with the lemon dressing.
  • Add the chicken, sweet potatoes and green beans, and your dish is ready to serve.