Chicken with sweet pepper

Name: Chicken with sweet pepper
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Bistro
Ingredients: 1.00 lemon zest and juice; 2.00 garlic cloves, crushed; 30.00 ml castor sugar; 10.00 ml dried oregano; 2.00 ml cayenne pepper; 3.00 ml cinnamon ground; 4.00 chicken breast fillets thinly sliced; 50.00 ml fresh chillies 573; 2.00 onion sliced; 1.00 yellow pepper cut into strips; 30.00 ml pumpkin seeds, toasted

5 servings Prep: 20 mins, Cooking: 10 mins

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (11)

1.00	lemon — zest and juice
2.00	garlic — cloves, crushed
30.00 ml	castor sugar
10.00 ml	dried oregano
2.00 ml	cayenne pepper
3.00 ml	cinnamon — ground
4.00	chicken breast fillets — thinly sliced
50.00 ml	fresh chillies — 573
2.00	onion — sliced
1.00	yellow pepper — cut into strips
30.00 ml	pumpkin — seeds, toasted

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Method:

Mix the lemon juice and rind, garlic, castor sugar, herbs and spices.
Add the chicken and marinate for at least half an hour.
Heat half the oil over a high heat in a frying pan and fry the chicken in two batches for a few minutes, until just cooked through.
Remove from the pan and set aside.
Heat remaining oil and fry the onions for two minutes; then add the pepper and stir-fry until browned and tender.
Return chicken to the pan and stir to heat through.
Serve sprinkled with pumpkin seeds.