Chicken Tenders With Lemon-Spinach Rice

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Tasty low-fat, easy to prepare chicken tenders with rice and vegetables which you can have on the table ready to enjoy in less than thirty minutes. Adapted from a recipe in 'Terrific Chicken: 100 great meals in minutes'.

by bluemoon downunder·published 2009-01-25

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One Dish Meal

Servings

4 serving(s)

Total time

26 min

prep 10 min

Calories / serving

321 kcal

Ingredients (12)

serves

1 tablespoon unsalted butterbutter
1 lb chicken breast tenderschicken
2 garlic cloves, mincedgarlic
1 1/2 cups instant brown rice
15 1/2 ounces chicken brothchicken-broth
1 -2 cup mushroom, cut into chunky piecesmushroom
1 teaspoon dried thymethyme
1 tablespoon lemon juicelemon-juice
2 teaspoons lemon zestlemon
sea salt, to tastesalt
fresh ground black pepper, to tastepepper
2 cups baby spinach leaves, loosely packed, cut into thin stripsspinach

Instructions (3 steps)

01Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add the chicken tenders and the garlic; cook, turning, for 6 minutes or until the chicken is golden brown and the juices run clear; transfer to a plate and keep warm.
02Add all the remaining ingredients except the spinach and bring to the boil over a high heat; cover and reduce the heat to low;cook for 10 minutes or until the liquid has been absorbed.

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