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Pan-fried Chicken Breast with Cannellini Caponata & Balsamic Green Beans
There is so much to love about this plate - starring free-range British chicken breast, sizzled till golden and crispy. Pair with a tangy cannellini bean caponata with punchy olives and juicy tomatoes. Vibrant green beans, glazed in sticky balsamic, bump up the veg.
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
5 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste (Tomato Puree, Sundried Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pine Kernels, Salt)
- 30g pitted green olives (Green Olives, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Lactic Acid (E270))
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 10g flaked almonds (Nuts)
- 160g green beans
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar (Sulphites) (wine vinegar (75%), concentrated grape must (25%))
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 230g cannellini beans (cannellini beans, water, salt)
- 2 British Free Range chicken breasts
- 1 tbsp cornflour
Nutritional Information
Calories: 574
Protein: 54g
Carbs: 34g
Fat: 23g
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp tomato purée (use half)
- 1 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste (use half) (Tomato Puree, Sundried Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pine Kernels, Salt)
- 30g pitted green olives (use half) (Green Olives, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Lactic Acid (E270))
- 110g baby tomatoes (use half)
- 1 onion (use half)
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar (use half) (Sulphites) (wine vinegar (75%), concentrated grape must (25%))
- 160g green beans (use half)
- 1 British Free Range chicken breast
- 230g cannellini beans (use half) (cannellini beans, water, salt)
- 10g flaked almonds (use half) (Nuts)
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley (use half)
- 1 tbsp cornflour (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 574
Protein: 54g
Carbs: 34g
Fat: 23g
Pan-fried Chicken Breast with Cannellini Caponata & Balsamic Green Beans
There is so much to love about this plate - starring free-range British chicken breast, sizzled till golden and crispy. Pair with a tangy cannellini bean caponata with punchy olives and juicy tomatoes. Vibrant green beans, glazed in sticky balsamic, bump up the veg.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Pull out 2 large frying pans, a large bowl, a sieve, a measuring jug & a rolling pin
Chicken time
- Place the chicken breasts between 2 pieces of parchment paper and use a rolling pin to flatten to an even 2cm thickness
- Add the chicken to the large bowl and coat with the cornflour and a pinch of salt and pepper
- Heat a large frying pan with 1 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chicken and cook for 11 mins on each side, until golden and cooked through
Simmer the caponata
- Meanwhile, halve the tomatoes. Thinly slice the onion. Roughly chop the olives. Drain and rinse the cannellini beans. Roughly chop the parsley
- Heat the other large frying pan with 2 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the onion and tomatoes and cook for 3-4 mins. Add the tomato puree
- Add the tomato puree, sundried tomato paste, cannellini, half the vinegar, half the olives, half the parsley and 150ml water (75ml for 1 person)
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 2-3 mins, until slightly thickened. Season with salt and pepper
Finish the chicken
- In the final minute of cooking, add the remaining parsley to the chicken and turn to coat
- Check your chicken is cooked through by inserting a skewer into the thickest part of the meat; the juices should run clear
- Remove the chicken from the pan and cover with foil to keep warm
Cook the green beans
- Trim the green beans
- Reheat the empty frying pan with 2 tsp oil on high heat. Once hot, add the green beans and remaining olives and cook for 3-4 mins, until golden. Add 1 tbsp water (1/2 tbsp for 1 person) and steam for 2-3 mins, until soft
- Mix in the almonds and remaining vinegar and cook for 30 secs. Season with a pinch of salt
Plate up
- Share the cannellini caponata between plates, topped with the chicken and green beans alongside
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