ITALIAN CHICKEN WITH CREAM CHEESE & SPINACH

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This good-for-you baked chicken dish is perfect for entertaining. Serve on a bed of potatoes with a crisp side salad

Provided by Sara Buenfeld

Categories Dinner

Time 1h5m

Number Of Ingredients 11

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Ingredients

1 large onion , halved and thinly sliced
85g low-fat cream cheese
200g frozen leaf spinach , thawed, squeezed really well and chopped
generous grating of nutmeg
4 skinless chicken breasts
4 stems of cherry tomatoes on the vine (5-6 tomatoes per stem)
550g medium potato , thinly sliced
4 garlic cloves , sliced
8 pitted black Kalamata olive , chopped
1 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil
salad , to serve

Steps:

Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7 and line a large baking sheet with baking parchment. Put the onion in a bowl and pour over boiling water to cover. Leave to soften for 15 mins. Meanwhile, beat the cheese, spinach and nutmeg together with plenty of black pepper. Spread over the chicken breasts, then top with the tomatoes.
Drain the onion slices, then toss them with the potato, garlic, olives, oil and black pepper. Arrange the potato mixture on the parchment in 4 piles spaced apart, then flatten. Bake for 25 mins more until almost tender and starting to colour.
Remove from the oven, put 1 chicken breast on each pile of potatoes, and bake for 20 mins until the chicken and potatoes are tender and cooked all the way through, and the tomatoes are roasted. Serve with a big salad.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 352 calories, Fat 8 grams fat, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 32 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 8 grams sugar, Fiber 7 grams fiber, Protein 39 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium