Rosemary chicken with capsicum and tomato sauce
Reviewed by our expert panel(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 red capsicum, cored, deseeded and sliced
- 2 courgetteszucchini, summer squashX, sliced
- 1 quantity Tomato and vegetable sauce*
- *Tomato and vegetable sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 medium leek, chopped
- ½ cup dry white wine
- ½ cup hot water
- 400g can whole tomatoes in juice
- 410g can tomato purée
Instructions
1 Heat the oil in a large deep-sided frying pan. Add the chicken, scatter over the rosemary and fry for 5 minutes.
2 Turn the chicken and add the capsicum and courgettes. Fry for a further 5 minutes or until the chicken is golden and cooked through.
3 Remove the chicken from the pan and keep warm. Add the Tomato and vegetable sauce to the pan with the vegetables and stir over a low heat until hot. Divide the chicken among 4 plates and pour over the sauce. Serve with potatoes and steamed spinach.
*Tomato and vegetable sauce
Heat olive oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add celery and leek and cook, stirring, for 10 minutes until soft. Add wine and water and bubble for 5 minutes until the liquid has almost evaporated. Add tomatoes and tomato purée and stir with a wooden spoon. Simmer for 10 minutes, uncovered, until the sauce starts to thicken.
You can also use this sauce as a base in these recipes:
Chilli tomato sauce with chickpeas
Spinach and black olive sauce with pasta
Tuna and basil sauce in jacket potatoes
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 274cal
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Kilojoules 1145kJ
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Protein 43g
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Total fat 7.3g
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–Saturated fat 1.8g
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Carbohydrates 7.8g
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–Sugars 7.5g
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Dietary fibre 2.1g
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Sodium 195mg
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Calcium 50mg
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Iron 2mg
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