When using fresh after eight mint chicken will be bursting with flavour.

A very easy recipe to make:

• The fresh after eight mint has a unique flavour
• and the peppers adds a crunchy texture.

Fresh after eight mint is often used in cold drinks or desserts (like cakes). But as the recipe below shows it can also add a great different flavour to savoury main meals

How to make fresh after eight chicken

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breast fillets, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 cup fresh after eight mint leaves (chopped)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into chunks
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1tsp mild chilli powder
• 1tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp salt and pepper (to taste)
• 1/2tsp ground cinnamon – optional
• 500g passata

Equipment

• Large saucepan
• Knife

Instructions

• Prepare the ingredients
  • chop the onion and pepper into small pieces
  • peel and crush the garlic cloves
  • chop the chicken into bitesize pieces
  • Pick the mint,remove the leaves from the stem and chop into small pieces
• Fry the chicken
  • add oil into a large frying pan
  • fry the chicken until well cooked (no pink bits inside)
  • remove from frying pan
• Fry ingredients
  • add onion and pepper into the frying pan and fry until onion is soft – about 3 to 5 minutes
  • add garlic and fry for another minute
  • add passata, chilli powder, cumin, cinnamon and salt
• Prepare dish
  • add the chicken into the frying pan and simmer for 10 minutes
  • just before the end add the chopped fresh after eight mint

How to use the fresh after eight mint chicken

Great served with white rice

3 Ways to grow mint at home

Hopefully the guide to how to make fresh after eight mint chicken might inspire you to grow your own fresh mint at home.

To grow your own mint
It’s not very difficult to grow your own at home – even indoors (in your kitchen, spare bedroom, garage, etc. All you will need are seeds, growing system and some growing lights. There is detailed description of the – indoor herb growing system