Spicy Cajun Chicken – Low Fodmap and Gluten-Free

If you often have guests over to eat but you don’t always have a lot of time to prepare something delicious, then this recipe is for you. My inspiration came from one of Jamie Oliver’s recipes in his 15 Minute Meals cookbook. I have, of course, made it low Fodmap and gluten-free. As always with Jamie’s “quick” meals, it took longer than he says but it was still doable in under half an hour and was quite delicious. I am sure your guests would not complain. Jamie served the meal with fried okra so I went hunting for it and found it. This is the first time I have tried it and it was pleasant but without a lot of taste. By the way, we can only have 4 pods. Perhaps fried zucchini would be an alternative if you can’t find any okra.

Spicy Cajun Chicken

 

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Author: Suzanne Perazzini

Serves: 4

Ingredients

For the salsa

• Can of corn kernels
• Bunch of coriander (chopped roughly)
• 1 red chilli (chopped finely)
• 2 spring onions (green part only, chopped up)
• 3 ripe tomatoes ( cut up into small pieces)
• 1 lemon
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Salt and pepper

For the chicken

• 4 chicken breasts
• 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning (see below for the recipe)
• 1 tbsp polenta
• Cooking oil
• 3 rashers bacon
• 50 gms feta

For the Cajun seasoning

• 2 tsp cumin
• 2 tsp coriander
• 2 tsp paprika
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp oregano

Method

For the salsa

1. Place the first 5 ingredients in a bowl.
2. Squeeze the lemon and add the juice and the oil with a little salt and pepper to taste.
3. Mix it all together.

For the chicken

1. Mix the Cajun seasoning and polenta together and coat the chicken in it.
2. Cover with greaseproof paper and bash the chicken with a rolling pin to flatten it out.
3. Place the chicken in a pan with the oil, turning after 3-4 minutes until golden and cooked through.
4. Cook the bacon in a pan until crisp.
5. Slice up and sprinkle over the cooked chicken with the feta crumbled up.
6. Serve with mashed sweet potatoes.

For the seasoning

1. Mix all the ingredients together.

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