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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  • 27 May 2010

    Sunci rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 10 July 2010

    Spencer Bear commented on this recipe

    Love this recipe. Quick, easy and very tasty.

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  • 28 August 2010

    Sandy commented on this recipe

    Husband and I had this for midweek meal. Tasty, but veg required considerably longer cooking. Next time, I would put the veg in the oven for 15 mins and then add the pesto chicken for another 30 mins before removing foil for final 10 mins. I used home-made pesto, which I freeze in ice cube trays.

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  • 05 November 2010

    Noodle Head rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    The potatoes definitely need more time than the veg. I'm considering par-boining them and then baking them next time. Love the pesto chicken and the roasted veg. All in all a very flavoursome healthy dinner.

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  • 31 January 2011

    Mammabat rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    this is in the oven as I type, we've had this a few times now and I always meant to leave a comment! so easy to make, all in one tray, left to its own devices in the oven while I catch up on something else, takes about 1 and a quarter hours but that might just be my oven... super any time of the week meal....

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  • 06 June 2011

    Lisa rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is fab, works really well tastes great, don't need to change anything, looking forward to trying a bit of feta sprinkled over :)

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  • 22 January 2012

    Chelsea rated this recipe

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  • 24 January 2012

    msshazza rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Love this recipe, took note of par cooking potatoes and cooked it 30mins longer, added mixed herbs, used baby plum tomatoes and 5 mins before the end of cooking squeezed 1/4 lemon! Delicious!!!

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  • 18 February 2012

    Katka rated this recipe

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  • 12 March 2012

    Zayas rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I found this to be an excellent dish to serve with a herb marinated roast pork loin. The marinade consisted of garlic; paprika; oregano; thyme; rosemary; peppercorns; olive oil and wine or sherry vinegar. Marinated for 2 days in the refrigerato, drained and slow roasted. Went down extremely well with some Norwegian friends of mine. They brought the Aquavit which seemed to go quite well with it!!!!

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  • 19 April 2012

    Simon rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    absolutely gorgeous and sooo healthy!!!

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  • 12 May 2012

    rachee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely! I bumped up the amount of veg for 2 people though: 1 red and 1 yellow pepper, 2 red onions, 1 courgette, 250g potatoes, 4 tomatoes. I also did as others have done and chargrilled the pesto covered chicken. I served this with a stone baked baguette. When I make this again I will keep the amount of veg and roast them on one tray, and then roast double the amount of potatoes on a separate tray, seasoned simply with sea salt and cracked black pepper.

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  • 26 September 2012

    pauledworthy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy to make, only thing I would say cook for 40 minutes before taking the foil off then cook for a further 10 minutes

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  • 26 October 2012

    Simon commented on this recipe

    Lovely! I coated the chicken in cumin & coriander and pan seared it before adding it to the veg tin. Also try adding some aubergine and some lightly crushed whole garlic cloves. Serve with a chilled glass of white wine any time of the year. Gorgeous!

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  • 26 October 2012

    Simon commented on this recipe

    ...oh yeah, dont forget to season with sea or rock salt & fresh black pepper! :)

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  • 10 November 2012

    becca.jbr rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This meal was fantastic, however I agree that the potatoes could have done with a little longer. We added chorizo into the mix, along with some herbs and whole cloves of garlic - deeeelicious!

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  • 15 December 2012

    lizleicester rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Doubled the quantities and used green olives instead of black, but found that by the time the veg was cooked, the chicken was a bit too dry.

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  • 09 February 2013

    mockingbird rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really yummy and very easy. But I took note of other comments and allowed a good 20 minutes longer.Also stirred in a little of the pesto and oil mix into the vegetables ,at the beginning, before chicken was laid on top. And about ten minutes before it was ready I stirred in about a teaspoon or two of concentrated chicken stock. It makes a wonderful sauce.

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  • 24 March 2013

    Rosenrot rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Chicken was delicious, and the veg was so juicy!

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  • 25 March 2013

    Elena commented on this recipe

    This meal is easy to prepare and delicious. I put a white onion instead of red and it was still very tasty. I really like the fact that everything goes in one tray so there are no other pots to wash afterwards. Really recommend it for guests as well. Additional seasoning is a must though. Garlic, oregano and thyme.

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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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