Mediterranean chicken with roasted vegetables

Mediterranean chicken with roasted vegetables

A healthy dish, full of sunshine flavours

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 50 - 55 mins

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/ Gas 6/fan oven 180C. Spread the potatoes, courgette, onion, pepper and tomatoes in a shallow roasting tin and scatter over the olives. Season with salt and coarsely ground black pepper.
  2. Slash the flesh of each chicken breast 3-4 times using a sharp knife, then lay the chicken on top of the vegetables.
  3. Mix the olive oil and pesto together until well blended and spoon evenly over the chicken. Cover the tin with foil and cook for 30 minutes.
  4. Remove the foil from the tin. Return to the oven and cook for a further 10 minutes until the vegetables are juicy and look tempting to eat and the chicken is cooked through (the juices should run clear when pierced with a skewer).

568 kcalories, protein 42.0g, carbohydrate 37.0g, fat 29.0 g, saturated fat 6.0g, fibre 7.0g, salt 2.16 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2002.

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  • 31 October 2007

    littlelouise rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    healthy and tasty a great midweek dinner.

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  • 07 November 2007

    Patto rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    We thought that the potatoes needed roasting for 10 minutes on their own before adding the veg to crisp up abit more. Also, we found that the chicken is much better griddled as it tends to steam if sat amongst the veg. By adding the pesto and oil mix to the veg just before serving, it gives a further lovely flavour. A tasty meal though.

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  • 21 November 2007

    tastytash rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great meal - everything goes in one dish and gets left in the oven. Simple!!! Healthy and tasty as well and great for using up any vegetables. Will definitely be making again.

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  • 24 November 2007

    cheztulip rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is a lovely and very easy dish to make. The chicken is really soft and tender!

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  • 28 December 2007

    Webby rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This was really tasty, also goes well with sun dried tomato pesto for a change, also swap the potatoes for some cooked pasta shells.

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  • 31 December 2007

    Kerrieliz rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Easy enough and a good way to get plenty of veg. We used roasted red pepper pesto which worked well.

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  • 11 January 2008

    Lynlougraton commented on this recipe

    Aubergines add lovely colour and flavour to the roasted veg.

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  • 16 January 2008

    helsie183 rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 22 January 2008

    Stephen rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Agree with the comment re potatoes, maybe par boil them first. Also needs thyme or some sort of herb added, slightly bland and maybe an extra 10 mins cooking time, overall very easy.

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  • 11 February 2008

    Smileysam commented on this recipe

    I left out the olives and did broccoli instead of courgette (couldn't get) and it ended up cooking an extra 15 mins, but this was fabulous!! So easy to prepare and really lovely flavours, my 3 small children aged 2,4 and 6 ate it all :)

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  • 09 April 2008

    piddymonkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    We enjoyed this but found it had to be cooked for longer than it says to roast the veg. Think other peppers would work well also.

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  • 03 May 2008

    Mark rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Nice and healthy but I thought it was a little bland. Maybe some thyme or something would take the blandness away? The wife enjoyed it as it was though.

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  • 14 May 2008

    xiola102 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was easy to cook and the end result was really good. Noted others comments about the potatoes and cooked them on their own for about 10 minutes before adding the other veg and chicken. Also stuffed the chicken breasts with mozzarella which was pretty good, although made it more unhealthy. Added whole garlic cloves while roasting to squeeze over the vegetables at the end before serving.

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  • 28 May 2008

    Spug rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 09 September 2008

    chrissy commented on this recipe

    This was a lovely meal & very easy!

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  • 25 September 2008

    sophie12345 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Quite a good meal... took an extra 10/15 mins to cook and ended up being a bit bland as if it were missing something. Still overall was pretty healthy and easy to make.

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  • 07 November 2008

    Money Penny rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I really loved this dish, a nice winter warmer comfort food plus really heathly!!! I did cook the potatoes for an extra 10 mins and added some extra seasoning the veg, I used Italian mixed herbs. My husband suggested that next time I add lemon juice just befor the end.

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  • 24 August 2009

    Jenny rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Decided to try this recipe to use up a glut of seasonal veg and having read previous comments decided to use chicken thighs (though not quite so healthy) and it turned out really well and very tasty. I dry roasted the chicken thights for twenty minutes then added the potatoes and turned them in the juices from the chicken and cooked for a further 10 minutes. Next I removed the chicken, chucked in the rest of the veg with salt and pepper, mixed it all up, put the chicken back on top with home made pesto (my daughter is allergic to nuts) 4 sprigs of thyme and 4 plump cloves of garlic which I squeezed out over the veg at the end. The addition of herbs and garlic really lifted the dish, and took a total of 1hour 10 mins to cook. Will make this dish again.

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  • 29 September 2009

    mattypie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    great meditaranean cooking, healthy and simple enough to cook, delicious, bon appetite.

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  • 30 March 2010

    Twink rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Love this recipe, also put pesto & olive oil over veg, prior to the chicken. Very tasty!!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 50 - 55 mins

Ingredients

  • 250g baby new potatoes , thinly sliced
  • 1 large courgette , diagonally sliced
  • 1 red onion , cut into wedges
  • 1 yellow pepper , seeded and cut into chunks
  • 6 firm plum tomatoes , halved
  • 12 black olives , pitted
  • 2 skinless boneless chicken breast fillets , about 150g/5oz each
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 rounded tbsp green pesto
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568 kcalories, protein 42.0g, carbohydrate 37.0g, fat 29.0 g, saturated fat 6.0g, fibre 7.0g, salt 2.16 g

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