Chicken, goat's cheese & cherry tomato bake

Chicken, goat's cheese & cherry tomato bake

This is a really easy meal to cook for friends - you can make ahead and keep in the fridge for 24 hours

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in about 40 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Loosen the skin from the chicken breasts and stuff each with a slice of the goat's cheese and a sprig of thyme. Put in a shallow ovenproof dish.
  2. Halve the cherry tomatoes and scatter around the chicken with a few more sprigs of thyme, a drizzle of olive oil and splash of white wine. Season with pepper, and salt if you wish.
  3. Bake for 25-30 mins until the chicken is tender and golden. Serve with Saffron wild rice (recipe right).
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Make it different

Other cheeses also work well with the chicken, including taleggio, ripe brie, dolcelatte or even le Roulé.

Per serving

330 kcalories, protein 40g, carbohydrate 5g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 1g, salt 1.24 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2005.

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  • 23 September 2010

    nettle commented on this recipe

    ok this may be a dumb question but it says I can make ahead and put in the fridge, at which stage do I put it in the fridge???

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  • 01 October 2010

    Rooter commented on this recipe

    Tasty, although I prefer to use Garlic & herb Boursin cheese and wrap in bacon... a different recipe but much nicer.

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  • 13 March 2011

    SJ4RM commented on this recipe

    such a simple dish but absolutely delicious - dinner guests loved it and making it again tonight. Can't get enough of it :)

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  • 26 July 2011

    Neatandtidy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Wow! I made this last night, I wanted something easy to do as I had some friends coming over and knew we would be chatting and didnt want to be in the kitchen the whole night - I cant believe how tasty this was!! I used skinless fillets but had 6 in a pack and as some were bigger than others I used them all, used goats cheese with thyme in 3 and Le Roule (soft cheese with herbs) in the others, also wrapped the fillets in pancetta as others have advised and used some cherry vine tomatoes with the halved cherry tomatoes - what a treat! I covered the tray in foil for the first 15-20mins to keep the moisture in - the chicken was cooked perfectly. Served with garden salad and some minted new potatoes with sugar snap peas. Defo making again!

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  • 02 December 2011

    Helen commented on this recipe

    I would also like to know at what stage do i make ahead before putting in the fridge. I am planning to make tomorrow night for friends and if i can prepare in advance this would be very helpful. Some one please respond soon. Thankyou

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  • 03 December 2011

    Helen commented on this recipe

    I have made this tonight. Was not keen on the hard goats cheese so if i make again will use soft cheese like boursin. Also i tried wrapping in proscetta but didn"t like so will use bacon next. Otherwise a good meal. Do you need to add the white wine as i didn"t have any and it tasted ok.

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  • 04 January 2012

    Nina rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Delicious! I wrapped Parma ham around the chicken fillets after stuffing them, this helped keep the goats cheese secure and also tasted great. Also added rosemary and a little garlic in amongst the tomatoes. Everyone loved it!

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  • 10 March 2012

    nasus commented on this recipe

    is it possible to freeze this dish

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  • 11 March 2012

    Florence rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    This didn't work so well for me. It might be a recipe to do in the summer when cherry tomatoes are properly ripe. They were a bit hard and I cooked the whole dish far longer than the recipe specified. I used soft goats cheese but the variety I used was a bad choice - goats cheese with rind would have been far better or roule as others have suggested.

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  • 20 June 2012

    CalamityHodson commented on this recipe

    Very very nice. Adapted it as had skinless chicken breasts, so wrapped the cheese and thyme in a pancetta blanket! Use a little less liquid or oil as there was a LOT of liquid in the roasting dish once it was all cooked.

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  • 19 October 2012

    catherine commented on this recipe

    Mmm...not that impressed. Willing to try again though. Used skinless chicken fillets but I should have wrapped them with something like parma ham as they looked pale and undercooked. Hence I returned them to the over and ended up over cooking them. As a result they were dry and a little chewy. Think I will try with a different cheese, less liquid and wrapped in something tasty to keep moist.

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  • 03 January 2013

    emgill rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious! So easy to make.

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  • 09 February 2013

    Sophie Londres commented on this recipe

    I love this recipe, I usually wrap the chicken in pancetta works really well.

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  • 03 April 2013

    km1987 commented on this recipe

    Absolutely delicious and the dish looks very impressive when cooked.

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  • 24 April 2013

    Natalieerica rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Delicious! I used a tin of cherry tomatoes, made more of a sauce and also added some black olives - yum!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in about 40 mins

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Per serving

330 kcalories, protein 40g, carbohydrate 5g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 1g, salt 1.24 g

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