Healthy Herbed Chicken Rissoles and Beetroot Salad

These delicious lightly herbed and spiced chicken rissoles served with a beautiful salad of roasted beetroot and pumpkin comes straight from the 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge and makes a for healthy and tasty dinner at just 398 calories per serve.

What makes this recipe so good?

Made with lean chicken breast flavoured with fresh coriander, mint and parsley and delicately spiced with cumin and paprika, these appetising  rissoles are really easy to prepare in a food processor and fried gently.

The salad is made up of roasted fresh beets and pumpkin dressed with an apple cider vinegar, mustard and honey, topped with walnuts.

You could always make the rissoles and roasted veggies ahead of time and simply reheat and assemble for a speedy mid week dinner the whole family will love.

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Healthy Herbed Chicken Rissoles and Beetroot Salad

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Course

Main Meals

Prep Time

15

Cook Time

30

Servings

Ingredients

• cooking oil spray
• 2 fresh beetroots diced
• 2 cups pumpkin diced
• 500 grams chicken breast
• 1/2 cup fresh coriander chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh parsely chopped
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp sweet paprika
• 2 red chillies
• 3 tbsp wholemeal breadcrumbs
• 1 egg
• salt & pepper to taste
• 4 cups mixed lettuce
• 1/2 red onion finely chopped
• 1/2 cup walnuts roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp water
• 1 tbsp seeded mustard
• 1 tbsp honey

Course Main Meals Prep Time 15 Cook Time 30 Servings Ingredients cooking oil spray 2 fresh beetroots diced 2 cups pumpkin diced 500 grams chicken breast 1/2 cup fresh coriander chopped 1/2 cup fresh parsely chopped 2 tsp ground cumin 2 tsp sweet paprika 2 red chillies 3 tbsp wholemeal breadcrumbs 1 egg salt & pepper to taste 4 cups mixed lettuce 1/2 red onion finely chopped 1/2 cup walnuts roughly chopped 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar 2 tbsp water 1 tbsp seeded mustard 1 tbsp honey

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Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Roast beetroot and pumpkin on a prepared baking tray in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until cooked through.
3. Add chicken breast, coriander, mint and parsley to a food processor until chicken is minced. Add cumin, paprika, chilli, breadcrumbs, egg, salt and pepper blend again for 30 seconds or until well combined.
4. Roll the chicken mince mix into 8 rissoles (2 per serve).
5. Heat a frying pan over medium to high heat and spray with cooking oil spray.
6. Cook chicken rissoles for 8-10 minutes or until cooked through, turning regularly.
7. While the chicken is cooking, make salad dressing in a small bowl. Combine olive oil, apple cider vinegar, water, seeded mustard and honey, whisk together with a fork until well combined.
8. In a large bowl add roast beetroots, roast pumpkin, lettuce, red onion and walnuts, toss to combine.
9. Evenly divide the salad between 4 plates, top with 2 rissoles per serve and drizzle with dressing.
10. One salad in one serve. Serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

398 calories per serve

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