Crisp Italian chicken & polenta

I love this recipe, have made it countless times. I always use ready-to-use polenta and it turns out great. If I can't get skin on chicken, I just make sure the fillets have plenty of the olive oil and parmesan on top to stop them drying out. I tend to cook this dish for 30-35mins (adding the tomatoes halfway through) as i'm always overcautious when it comes to chicken.

This recipe turned out great except I had prepared the polenta myself prior to cooking so I varied this part. It turned out excellently with the right balance of rosemary and garlic. I served it with a homemade basic tomato sauce in order to give a bit more flavour to the polenta for the guests who were not keen on polenta.

We really enjoyed this, after reading the comments I added a red pepper and a red onion, more parmesan, not that I actually weighed it, and used chicken thighs as we all prefer the taste to breast meat. I also used fresh basil as I had some which needed using instead of rosemary...next time I'll used double the polenta as it got a little lost, it was the only thing I didn't increase when making this for 3 rather than 2! Such a lovely chop, mix and cook after work dinner!

I use a variation of this recipe often. Since I can't get skin-on boneless chicken (only bone-in) where I live, I get around it with skinless boneless breasts wrapped in prosciutto (or sometimes bacon, or pancetta). I ALWAYS use more Parmesan than the recipe calls for, usually reggiano since it is the most flavourful of parms and crisps up nicely in the polenta chunks. Love it and easily impress guests with it.

I don't like polenta so made this with small cubes of butternut squash. I also added a courgette as it needed using up. I couldn't find skin on chicken so used a turkey thigh joint and cooked that for half hour before adding the veg. Will defiantly make again.

Could you specify, if I shoul use dry polenta just from the pack, or should I prepare it somehow before, like put it in a boiled water or something? Thanks.

Absolutely lovely. Forgot the garlic but didn't matter. Will definately be making again.

This recipe is lovely. The combination of the cherry tomatoes and polenta is very complimentary, and the chicken balances the sweetness very well.

just had this tonight for tea as don,t eat polenta that often and everyone enjoyed it and it tasted great and was really easy to make.

I was a bit disappointed with this recipe - it was tasteless. I made my own polenta (I don't know if this made a difference, it was the first time I made my own polenta, I think I would use more seasoning next time). I also thought that there was too much polenta for two people, I would suggest less polenta and use more veg eg peppers, courgettes etc.