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Easy Chicken and asparagus with orange olive salad

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Serves 4

Prep and cook time 25 mins

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Chicken and asparagus with orange olive salad (Credit: New Idea)
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Ingredients

  • ¹⁄³  cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup Dijon mustard
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tsps smoked paprika
  • 700g (12) chicken tenderloins, trimmed
  • 2 bunches asparagus spears, trimmed, halved
  • 3 small oranges
  • 60g baby rocket leaves
  • ½ cup pitted kalamata olives
  • 100g smooth feta, chopped

Instructions

1. Combine 2 tblsps oil, 2 tblsps mustard, 2 cloves garlic and paprika in a large bowl. Add chicken. Toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper.

2. Heat a lightly oiled, barbecue flat plate over a medium to high heat. Add chicken. Cook for 5 minutes on each side, or until cooked. Remove. Cover to keep warm.

3. Add asparagus to same oiled, heated plate. Cook, turning for about 2 minutes, or until just tender. Remove.

4. Meanwhile, make salad. Squeeze juice from 1 orange, you will need ¼ cup juice. Cut skin and white pith from remaining oranges. Thinly slice oranges. Transfer to a bowl.

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5. Whisk juice with remaining oil, mustard and garlic in a jug. Add to oranges with rocket and olives. Toss gently.

6. Serve chicken thickly sliced with asparagus and salad. Scatter over feta.

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