If you’re craving some juicy baked chicken, you need to try this recipe for baked hummus coated chicken. Lean chicken breast is kept moist in a creamy hummus shell, which adds flavor, fiber and protein. This is a fast and delicious weeknight meal.
Hummus is one of my all time favourite spreads, and in this recipe I use it to give this dish it’s delicious flavour.
Ingredients:
- 4 chicken breasts flattened
- 1 tub Hummus
- 1 large leek sliced
- Half punnet mushrooms roughly chopped
- 6 rosa tomatoes halved
- 5 baby marrows, sliced horizontally
- 1 lemon
- Black pepper
- Salt
- Paprika
- ¼ cup white wine
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- Liberally cover the chicken breasts with salt and pepper and then coat with hummus.
- In the bottom of your dish, place all the vegetables.
- Place the coated chicken on top of the vegetables.
- Squeeze the juice of the lemon over the chicken and vegetables.
- Slice the lemon and place between the chicken pieces
- Pour over the white wine and sprinkle paprika over the chicken.
- Cover with lid and bake in the oven for 20 – 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked.
- Serve with brown rice and a fresh green salad.
