Nutty spelt is gorgeous in this one-pot meal as it soaks up all the juices from the chicken.
- Serves2
- CourseMain meal
- Prepare10 mins
- Cook55 mins
- Total time1 hr 5 mins
- Plusstanding
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Ingredients
- ½ tbsp Essential Olive Oil
- 4 Essential British Chicken Thighs
- 1 Essential Red Onion, halved and sliced
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 100g LoveLife Quick Cook Italian Spelt, rinsed
- 250ml fresh Cooks’ Ingredients Chicken Stock
- ½ Essential Lemon, juice of 1⁄2, the rest in wedges
- 60g pitted Kalamata olives
- 200g Waitrose Tenderstem Broccoli Spears, trimmed and thicker stems halved lengthways
Method
Preheat the oven to 200oC, gas mark 6. Heat the oil ina shallow, flameproof casserole dish or ovenproof sautépan over a medium-high heat. Season the chicken and fryskin-side down for 5 minutes until golden, then cook on theflesh side for 2 minutes. Lift out of the pan and set aside.
Add the onion and garlic to the pan with a pinch of saltand fry for 5-6 minutes, until soft and starting to caramelise.Stir in the spelt, then add the stock and lemon juice. Bringto a simmer, then sit the chicken thighs on top of the spelt,skin-side up. Transfer the pan to the oven for 25 minutes.
Take the pan out of the oven and lift the chicken ontoa plate. Stir the spelt, then stir in the olives and broccoliuntil coated in the juices. Sit the chicken back on top ofeverything and roast for a final 15 minutes, until fully cooked,there is no pink meat and the juices run clear. Stand for5 minutes before serving with the lemon wedges.
Cook’s tip
Try swapping the olives for equally flavoursome sun-dried tomatoes.
And to drink...
Partner this dish with Louis Latour White Burgundy, France (75cl) – a classic, well-balanced wine with fresh, ripe citrus-fruit flavours.
Nutritional
Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe
Energy | 3,427kJ/ 821kcals |
|---|---|
Fat | 47g |
Saturated Fat | 11g |
Carbohydrates | 44g |
Sugars | 7.6g |
Fibre | 8.4g |
Protein | 50g |
Salt | 2.2g |
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