PAN ROASTED CHICKEN WITH CRISP PROSCIUTTO & TOMATOES

Pan roasted chicken with crisp prosciutto & tomatoes image

Try this exciting new take on barbecuing - with everything cooked in one pan.

Provided by Jeremy Emmerson

Categories Supper

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

100g soft butter
4 garlic cloves , chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
6slices of prosciutto (85g pack)
x skinless boneless chicken breast fillets
2x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
150ml chicken or vegetable stock
4sprigs of oregano , leaves removed and chopped
400g can cannellini beans , drained and rinsed
1 ciabatta loaf, cut into 12 slices
250g punnet cherry tomato , halved
18 basil leaves , half chopped, half left whole
mixed salad leaves tossed in your favourite dressing, to serve

Steps:

Mix the butter in a bowl with half the garlic. Get everything in bowls or on plates ready to take outside. Light the barbie.
Heat a sturdy roasting tin on the barbie rack, in the oil to coat the tin's base. Lay in the prosciutto and crisp on both sides. Set it aside.
Season the chicken and brown on both sides in the tin. Stir in the rest of the chopped garlic, and add the chopped tomatoes, stock and oregano. Simmer for 3 minutes, turn the breasts over and simmer for a further 3 minutes.
Tip in the cannellini beans, turn the chicken over and simmer for another 3 minutes, then turn again and simmer for 3 minutes more. Now taste the sauce and add a little seasoning if you think it's needed.
Towards the end of the chicken's cooking, toast the ciabatta on both sides on the barbie - you may need to do this in batches, depending on the size of your barbie.
Toss the tomatoes and chopped basil into the chicken mix. Let the tomatoes soften slightly, then top with the crisp prosciutto and scatter over the whole basil leaves. Spread the garlic butter on the ciabatta and arrange butter-side up around the edge of the chicken, or put the bowl of garlic butter on the table for guests to spread their own. Serve hot, with mixed leaf salad.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 550 calories, Fat 23 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 32 grams carbohydrates, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 54.5 grams protein, Sodium 2.59 milligram of sodium