Fajita chicken rice bowl with burnt lime

Make crowd-pleasing fajitas the easy way with this one-tray recipe that’s full of nutrients and low in fat and calories. It makes a speedy midweek meal

Prep:5 mins
Cook:20 mins

Serves 4
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 321
fat 6g
saturates 1g
carbs 31g
sugars 0g
fibre 10g
protein 31g
salt 0.2g

Ingredients

2 large chicken breasts
2 peppers, sliced
2 red onions, sliced
200g baby corn
3 tsp chipotle chilli paste
1 lime, zested, then halved
2 tsp vegetable oil
400g can black beans, drained
15g coriander, roughly chopped
400g cooked brown rice
4 tbsp salsa, to serve

Method

Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7 and line a large baking tray with baking parchment. Arrange the chicken, peppers, red onions and baby corn on the tray, and spoon over the chipotle paste. Season, then toss to combine. Put the lime halves on the tray, cut-side down, then drizzle the oil over the chicken and veg. Roast for 20 mins, or until everything is cooked through.
Meanwhile, warm the beans in a small pan over a low heat, and season. Mix the beans with half the coriander and the lime zest, then squeeze over the juice of the roasted lime. Slice the chicken thinly on the diagonal and divide between four bowls along with the veg and brown rice. Sprinkle over the remaining coriander and serve with the salsa.

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