Roast Chicken Breasts With Chickpeas Tomatoes Blue Cheese Recipes

ROAST CHICKEN BREASTS WITH CHICKPEAS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F
• Mix the first five ingredients in a medium bowl. Pour 1 teaspoon of the spiced oil mixture into a small bowl, whisk in the yogurt and set this aside for the table sauce.
• Place the chicken on a rimmed sheet or baking dish large enough to accommodate all the pieces without overlap. Rub 2 tablespoons of the spiced oil mixture over the chicken.
• Add the chickpeas, cherry tomatoes, and 1/2 cup of the cilantro to the remaining spiced oil mixture and toss to coat. Pour the mixture around the chicken pieces. Season everything with salt and pepper.
• Roast until the chicken is cooked through, about 20-30 minutes. If you are using skin-on cuts, you can place the dish under the broiler for a minute or two (no more!) for a final browning. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cilantro.
• When plating up, dress each chicken piece with a generous spoonful of the chickpea and tomatoes. Serve with the yogurt sauce. This dish goes well with rice or a loaf of good crusty bread.

ROAST CHICKEN BREASTS WITH CHICKPEAS, TOMATOES & BLUE CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°.
• Mix the olive oil, garlic, paprika, cumin, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper in a bowl.
• Place chicken on large rimmed baking sheet. Cover with oil mixture and toss to combine well. Add chickpeas and tomatoes and stir until everything is well-coated with the spiced oil.
• Roast for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, then top with the blue cheese and arugula. Cook in the oven for a further 5 minutes, or until the arugula has wilted and the chicken is cooked through.

ROASTED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH HARISSA CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450 degrees. On a rimmed baking sheet, combine the chicken and 2 tablespoons oil. Season with salt and pepper and toss to coat. Arrange the chicken in an even layer, skin side up, and roast until golden and cooked through, 30 to 40 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken breasts. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes. Carve the breast off off the bone, then slice to serve. Discard bones or reserve for making chicken stock.
• While the chicken rests, heat 2 tablespoons oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 minutes. Stir in the harissa and coriander and cook until very fragrant and dark red, about 2 minutes. Add half the chickpeas and lightly mash them using a fork, the back of a spoon or a potato masher. Stir in the lemon juice and parsley along with the remaining chickpeas, 2 tablespoons oil, and 1/4 cup water. Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve the chicken topped with the sauce.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH BLUE-CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the breast halves on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter in a heavy skillet large enough to hold the chicken pieces in one layer. Add the chicken and cook until lightly browned on one side and partly cooked. Turn and continue cooking about 5 minutes or until cooked through. Remove the pieces and keep warm.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining tablespoon of butter in a saucepan and add the flour, stirring rapidly with a wire whisk. Add the broth and milk, stirring rapidly with the whisk. Add the cream and cook, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Add the cheese and stir until melted.
• Add the ham slices to the skillet in which the chicken pieces cooked, and cook briefly on both sides just to heat through. Transfer the slices to a heated serving dish, and cover each slice with a piece of chicken breast.
• Add the onion to the skillet, and cook, stirring, until wilted. Add the wine, and stir to dissolve the brown particles that cling to the bottom and sides of the skillet. Stir in the cheese sauce.
• Place a sieve over a small saucepan, and strain the sauce, stirring and pushing down with a plastic spatula to press through as much of it as possible. There should be about 11/3 cups of sauce.
• Pour the sauce over the chicken pieces and serve hot.

BAKED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TOMATOES AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Sprinkle chicken pieces with generous grinding of black pepper.
• Heat oil in skillet and add chicken pieces. Cook about 2 minutes on one side until lightly browned. Turn and cook about 3 minutes.
• Transfer chicken pieces in 1 layer to baking dish.
• Add garlic to skillet and cook briefly. Add sweet pepper slices, tomatoes, oregano and pepper flakes. Let simmer about 5 minutes.
• Pour sauce over the chicken and sprinkle with cheese. Bake 10 minutes.