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Baked Chicken & Chips

Equipment: 2 x baking dishes, knife, large bowl, chopping board, baking paper

Sweet Potato Chips

Ingredients:

1 x sweet potato

1 tablespoon cornflour

1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika

2 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil

Pinch of salt

Method:

  1. Turn on oven 180oC (fan forced)

  2. Chop sweet potato into chip shapes

  3. Mix cornflour, smoked paprika and pinch of salt in bowl

  4. Add sweet potato chips to cornflour mix and toss to coat

  5. Add extra virgin olive oil to chips, toss to coat

  6. Place on baking tray lined with baking paper and set aside to go in oven with chicken

Baked Italian Style Chicken

Ingredients:

1 x chicken breast

10 x cherry tomatoes, cut in half

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Pinch of salt and pepper

Method:

  1. Slice chicken into smaller pieces

  2. In a baking dish, add oil, dried herbs, salt and pepper and mix together

  3. Add chicken and cherry tomatoes to oil mix and toss to coat

  4. Bake in oven with sweet potato chips for 18 mins

  5. Rest chicken for a few minutes before serving

Serve how you please. I used a packet salad mix with extra baby spinach.

Serves 1-2 people. Recipe is easily doubled or tripled pending how many people you’re serving.

Tips:

  • Save the juices from the chicken to pop over steamed vegetables or freeze and use in risotto or add to a stock

  • Muck around with flavours that you enjoy. You could add garlic, lemon and chilli or ginger, lime and fish sauce or honey and mustard or ground cumin, coriander and garam masala

  • Add different vegetables that will roast in 18 mins - zucchini, capsicum, onion, broccoli, corn, Brussels sprouts or green beans

  • Enjoy!