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Chicken with smashed peas and broad beans

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cooking Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

160 g fresh peas
160 broad beans, shelled
2 T olive oil
2 t fresh mint, chopped
1 lemon, juiced
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 free-range chicken breasts
crushed pink peppercorns, to garnish
mint, to garnish

Method

Blanch the peas and broad beans. Using a fork, gently mash the peas and beans with the olive oil, mint and lemon juice. Season to taste.

Place the chicken breasts in a sieve and suspend over a saucepan of simmering water. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes, turn and cook for a further 5 minutes.

To serve, place the peas in a bowl, slice the chicken breasts into pieces and place on top of the peas. Sprinkle with peppercorns and mint.