9 Jun 2015

Baked Chicken with goat's cheese & cherry tomatoes

Heat oven to 190C/fan 

4 part-boned chicken breasts
150g firm goat's cheese sliced into 4
bunch thyme
500g cherry tomatoes
olive oil
splash white wine


1. Loosen the skin from the chicken breasts and stuff each with a slice of the goat’s cheese (approx 40g each) and a sprig of thyme. 
2. Put in a shallow ovenproof dish.
3. Halve the 500g cherry tomatoes and scatter around the chicken with a few more sprigs of thyme, 
4. Drizzle olive oil and splash of white wine. 
5. Season with pepper, and salt if you wish.

Bake for 25-30 mins until the chicken is tender and golden. 
Serve with Saffron wild rice 


Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2005