GOATS' CHEESE-STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST WITH ROASTED VEGETABLES AND BOILED POTATOES
Ingredients
- 2 boneless
- skinless chicken breasts
- 1 rosemary-coated soft goats' cheese
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 crotin goats' cheese (a small semi-firm disc of goats' cheese)
- sliced
- 1 red pepper
- quartered
- 1 courgette
- cut into thin strips
- 1 aubergine
- cut into 5mm/¼in thick rounds
- 200g/7oz baby new potatoes
- boiled
- cut in half
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
- Use a sharp knife to cut a pocket into the side of each chicken breast.
- Slice the soft goat's cheese and press into the pocket in the chicken breasts. Season the breast with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Heat one tablespoon of the olive oil in an ovenproof frying pan over a medium heat. When the oil is hot
- add the chicken breasts
- presentation-side down and fry until golden-brown. Turn the breasts and cook for a further two minutes on the other side
- then transfer the pan to the oven and roast for 15 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and top with the remaining goats' cheese and return to the oven to cook for a further five minutes
- until the chicken is completely cooked through and the cheese has melted.
- Meanwhile
- heat a griddle pan until smoking.
- Place the red pepper
- courgette and the aubergine slices into a bowl with the remaining two tablespoons of olive oil and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Place the vegetables onto the griddle pan and cook for five minutes
- or until tender
- turning once.
- To serve
- place the chicken breasts onto two plates with a pile of chargrilled vegetables and some cooked potatoes alongside each.

