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Ingredients

200g/7oz young spinach 100g/4oz rice, cooked 2 x 175g/6oz chicken breasts ¼ red onion, peeled and diced finely 2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped 2tsp fresh basil, chopped 2tsp fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped 3 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp balsamic vinegar salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method

1. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7. 2. Wilt half of the spinach as per the packet instructions. Drain and allow to cool. 3. In a small frying pan heat 1 tbsp olive oil. 4. Gently fry the onion and garlic for 1 minute to soften. Remove from the heat. 5. In a medium bowl mix together the cooked spinach, rice, onion, garlic, basil and parsley. Season. 6. Remove the fillet from each chicken breast. Cut a pocket in each chicken breast. 7. Divide the spinach mixture between the two pockets, packing it in tightly. 8. Put a fillet over the cut of each pocket to seal in the filling. 9. In a medium ovenproof frying pan heat 1 tbsp olive oil. 10. Fry the chicken for 1-2 minutes on each side to seal and brown. 11. Transfer to the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. 12. In a medium bowl mix the remaining oil with the balsamic vinegar. Fold in the remaining uncooked spinach. 13. To serve, sit the chicken on a bed of dressed spinach.

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