BASIL AND GOATS' CHEESE-STUFFED CHICKEN WITH SWEET POTATO, BROCCOLI AND ROAST GARLIC VINAIGRETTE

Ingredients
- ½ chicken breast
- 85g/3oz goats' cheese
- 1 handful fresh basil leaves
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 25g/1oz butter
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- ½ sweet potato
- chopped
- 3 garlic cloves
- squashed
- ¼ onion
- sliced
- ½ lemon
- juice only
- 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
- For the chicken
- slice the fillet in half horizontally (don't slice it all the way through) and open up like a book. Place the chicken between two sheets of cling film and
- with a meat mallet or rolling pin
- bash out the fillet to flatten. Crumble over the cheese
- lay over the basil leaves and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Roll the chicken up tightly to seal the filling well.
- Melt the butter in an ovenproof frying pan until frothing and fry the chicken for 3-4 minutes on all sides
- or until golden-brown all over. Transfer to the oven for 8-10 minutes
- or until cooked through.
- For the sweet potato
- broccoli and vinaigrette
- heat half of the olive oil in an ovenproof frying pan and fry the sweet potato along with the garlic and onion for 3-4 minutes
- or until browned all over. Transfer to the oven to roast for 6-8 minutes
- or until the sweet potato is golden-brown and tender.
- Steam the broccoli for 5-7 minutes
- or until tender
- then stir into the pan with the sweet potato.
- Whisk together the remaining oil
- lemon juice and balsamic vinegar in a bowl and drizzle over the sweet potato and broccoli.
- To serve
- spoon the dressed vegetables onto a serving plate. Slice the chicken and lay over the vegetables.

