22 May Donna Hay: Pepita-Crusted Chicken with avocado and edamame salad
This is great family recipe for an easy weeknight meal. Perfect for casual entertaining too.
If you have an airfryer? Then Donna Hay’s latest book, Too Easy, covers some easy inspiring family meal ideas for your air fryer, including the crispy buttermilk chicken and sticky pork belly that is super tasty and big on golden crunch.
Pepita-Crusted Chicken with avocado and edamame** salad
Ingredients
- 3 egg whites
- 2 tablespoons white (shiro) miso paste
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
- 1½ cups (240g) pepitas (pumpkin seeds), finely chopped
- 3 x 180g small chicken breast fillets, halved horizontally
- Extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
Avocado and edamame salad:
- ¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon white (shiro) miso paste
- 1 tablespoon water
- 4 cups (60g) mizuna leaves* (japanese mustard greens)
- 1 cup (16g) coriander (cilantro) leaves
- 1 large avocado, quartered
- 1 cup (140g) frozen shelled edamame beans, blanched and cooled
Method
- Preheat oven grill (broiler) to high.
- Place the egg whites, miso, salt and pepper in a bowl and whisk to combine. Place the pepitas on a flat plate.
- Dip the chicken into the egg mixture, then gently press both sides into the pepitas to coat. Place chicken on a large baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper and drizzle generously with oil.
- Grill for 4–5 minutes each side, until the pepitas are crunchy and golden and the chicken is cooked through.
- To make the avocado and edamame salad, combine the oil, rice wine vinegar, miso and water in a large bowl. Add the mizuna leaves, coriander, avocado and edamame beans and toss gently to coat in the dressing.
- Serve the pepita-crusted chicken with the avocado and edamame salad. Serves 4
*If you can’t find mizuna, use any mustard greens or rocket (arugula) leaves.\
**edamame are young, immature soybeans harvested while still in their green pods. They are typically steamed or boiled and then salted, making them a popular snack or appetizer, particularly in East Asian cuisine. Edamame are also a good source of protein, fiber, and other nutrients. You can also find tinned edamame if that’s easier for you.
Photography: Chris Court
Too Easy by Donna Hay
published by HarperCollins, 4th Estate AU Imprint. RRP$45.00.
Too Easy is available directly from Donna Hay or from all good bookshops.
Donna’s 27 books have sold more than 7 million copies worldwide, been translated into 10 different languages, and her television cooking shows have brought her signature style to life for viewers in more than 14 countries.
