Spiced chicken with red hummus and tzatziki recipe

Name: Spiced chicken with red hummus and tzatziki recipe
Cuisine: Greek, European, Mediterranean
Ingredients: Timings; Four; For the chicken; 8 chicken thigh fillets, skin removed; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1½ tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp chilli flakes; ¾ tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp ground cayenne pepper; ½ tsp ground allspice; Juice of 1 lemon; For the red hummus; 1 x 400g tin chickpeas, drained; 3 large red peppers, roasted until soft and slightly charred; 2 tsp ground cumin; 2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped; 1 tbsp Turkish pepper paste (available from Belazu); ½ tsp ground coriander; 50ml olive oil; 2 tbsp tahini; Juice of 1 lemon; For the tzatziki; 1 ridge cucumber or ½ regular cucumber, unpeeled; 250g Greek yogurt; 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; ½ tbsp white wine vinegar; 1 clove garlic, very finely chopped; Leaves from 6 sprigs mint, chopped or torn

7 steps

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:08:50 GMT

Ingredients

0 servings

8chicken thigh fillets

skin removed

2 Tbspolive oil

1 ½ tspground cumin

½ tspchilli flakes

¾ tspground cinnamon

½ tspground cayenne pepper

½ tspground allspice

1juice of lemon

hummus

for the red

1 x 400gtin chickpeas

drained

3red peppers

large, roasted until soft and slightly charred

2 tspground cumin

2cloves garlic

roughly chopped

1 TbspTurkish pepper paste

available from Belazu

½ tspground coriander

50mlolive oil

2 Tbsptahini

1juice of lemon

1 ridgecucumber

unpeeled

250ggreek yogurt

2 Tbspextra-virgin olive oil

½ Tbspwhite wine vinegar

1clove garlic

very finely chopped

6 sprigsmint

Leaves from, chopped or torn

Instructions

Step 1

Prep time 25 minutes

Step 2

Serves

Step 3

Put the chicken fillets between two pieces of greaseproof paper and bash them with a rolling pin. They need to be an even thickness or you’ll have trouble cooking them.

Step 4

Transfer to a bowl and add the other chicken , retaining half the lemon juice. Turn the fillets over, making sure they get coated. Cover and put in the fridge. You can leave the chicken all day, though 20 minutes is fine if you’re pressed for time.

Step 5

Put all the for the hummus into a food processor and whizz. Season to taste.

Step 6

Grate the cucumber coarsely. Take big fistfuls of this and squeeze out the moisture with your hands. Mix all the other tzatziki with the cucumber and season to taste.

Step 7

Heat a ridged griddle or large frying pan. Lift the chicken out of the marinade and griddle or fry it, first on a high heat to get a good colour, then on a medium one. Do this in two batches so you don’t crowd the pan, seasoning as you go. The chicken should be golden-brown and cooked through – about 4 minutes on each side. Squeeze lemon over the top and serve with the hummus and tzatziki.