Name: Poached chicken with green beans and tarragon
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 sprigs tarragon; 4 chicken breast fillets; 300 gram green beans, trimmed; 2 clove garlic, sliced thinly lengthways; 2 tablespoon pine nuts, toasted

Poached chicken with green beans and tarragon

Serves 4

Prep

10M

Cook

10M

Total

20M

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Ingredients

3 sprigs tarragon

4 chicken breast fillets

300 gram green beans, trimmed

2 clove garlic, sliced thinly lengthways

2 tablespoon pine nuts, toasted

Method

1.Half fill a medium saucepan with water. Add 1 sprig of tarragon, and season to taste. Bring to the boil. Add chicken breast to water. Reduce heat to low and simmer 5-6 minutes.

2.Drop beans into saucepan with chicken and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat.

3.In a small saucepan, heat a little olive oil on low. Add garlic and pine nuts. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.

4.Chop remaining tarragon. Toss through green beans. Arrange beans on serving plates and top with sliced chicken and pine nut mixture.

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