Chicken topped with Homemade Houmous

This is a good way to make chicken a bit more interesting without using a complicated recipe or using something calorific (like melting cheese over the top).  You simply top the chicken with houmous and cook it in the oven to create a crust. You can use shop-bought houmous but I made my own.

 

This recipe makes plenty of houmous so you will have some left over.

 

You need:

400g tin of chickpeas, drained (but before you discard the liquid, check out this recipe!)

Juice of half a lemon

1 clove garlic

2 tbsp olive oil

2 tbsp tahini paste

Pinch of salt

 

Simply mix everything in a blender until smooth. This will keep in the fridge for about 5 days.

 

To make the chicken recipe, simply spread the houmous over a chicken breast, as thick as you like, and bake in the oven.