Lebanese Chicken Marinade with Mint and Lime

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Lebanese Chicken Marinade with Mint and Lime

This Lebanese chicken marinade will give your chicken wrap a delicious flavour. With only five ingredients marinade is a quick win for a healthy mid-week lunch or dinner.

Course Main Course, Snack

Cuisine Lebanese

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings people

Calories 434kcal

Author Marita

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts or chicken fillets around 400 gr or 14 oz
2 teaspoon olive oil

For the marinade!

1 lemon juice juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon ground corriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon tumeric
1 handful mint fresh, chopped

For the chicken wrap

4 pita breads
1 tub hummus or plain tahini sauce

Instructions

Cut the meat into about 1,5 cm thing stripes.
Mix the marinade in a little bowl.
Add the meat and toss it in the mixture.
Cover with some clingfilm, place in the fridge and leave the rest for a couple of hours or if you want overnight.
Drain the meat but make sure you reserve the marinade
In a big frying pan heat up the olive oil. Fry the meat at medium temperature for about 5- 10 minutes and then pour the leftover marinade on the chicken.
Alterantivley you can grill the meat on the BBQ.
Serve with pita bread and hummus

Notes

Please see post for storage instructions.

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