Food by Barbara Northwood

Mediterranean chicken

Jul 28 10:08am
Prep Time Cook Time Serves
15 mins 20 mins 4
Ingredients
  • 4 chicken breasts
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 100g baby spinach leaves
  • 4 bacon rashers
  • 250g fettucine pasta
  • 500g jar tomato pasta sauce
  • 1 / 4 cup pitted chopped olives
  • 1 / 2 cup fresh basil leaves, chopped
  • Garlic bread, to serve

1. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Divide and layer spinach leaves over top of each chicken breast.
2. Wrap a bacon rasher around each chicken breast to enclose spinach. Place chicken in a shallow baking dish lined with baking paper.
3. Cook in a hot oven (200C) for 20 minutes, or until cooked through. Slice thickly.
4. Meanwhile, cook fettucine pasta in a large saucepan of boiling, salted water until tender. Drain and set aside.
5. Pour sauce and olives into the same large saucepan. Bring to boil. Return pasta to pan
with basil. Stir to combine.
6. Serve chicken over pasta with garlic bread.

Tip: Try spreading a teaspoon of olive tapenade over chicken breasts before topping with spinach. Cooked chicken can be served cold. Refrigerate, then cut into thin slices and serve with a salad. 

Leave your comments You must sign in to leave a comment
on sale now

New issue on sale now!

More from this week's issue


Join Us

Become a member and receive our email newsletters.

Cars and Jobs

Work and play

Get yourself a Ute

Yahoo!7 Cars
Health matters

Medical Jobs online


Connect With Others on Yahoo!7 Groups

Mums n Bubs Come and have a chat, swap advice about babies from newborn to 5 years.

Shoe Heaven Enter my world of mules, wedges, slides, platforms, sandals or pumps!

Weekend Gardener This is a club for the green thumb in all of us.