Lebanese Lemon Garlic Chicken - Al Aseel copycat
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Chicken marinated and cooked in a bold lemon-garlic yogurt sauce inspired by a Sydney Lebanese restaurant. Warm, garlicky, and unexpectedly delicious. Serve with pita bread and fattoush salad.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 3- 500g/ 1lb chicken tenderloin ((or breast), cut into 4cm / 1.5" squares, large vein cut out (Note 1))
- 4 tbsp Greek or plain yogurt
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp garlic (, finely grated or crushed using garlic press (~4 big cloves))
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt ((1/2 tsp table salt, 1 1/4 tsp flakes))
- 1 cup Greek or plain yogurt (, full fat essential here!)
- 3/4 tsp garlic (, finely grated or crushed using garlic press (~1 clove))
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp tahini ((hulled), or extra 1 tbsp olive oil (Note 3))
- 1 tbsp+ water
- 2 tbsp olive oil (, for cooking)
- 1 tsp parsley (, roughly chopped (or equal amounts mint and parsley))
- Lemon wedges and extra virgin olive oil (, for garnish)
- Lebanese bread (for sauce mopping (recommended))
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 25M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
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- Prep
- 15m
- Cook
- 10m
- Sodium
- 930mg
- Total sugar
- 7g
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Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 743mg
- Calcium
- 150mg
- Iron
- 0.93mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 15M
- SODIUM
- 930MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.