Roast Chicken with Fennel
This recipe works in combination with: Chicken Cordon Bleu, Gruyère & Fennel Tartlet, Pancetta, Mushroom & Thyme Pasta. This recipe features in these meal plans: Spoil Yourself.
Roasted chicken, fennel, shallots and potato with an orange and Dijon mustard sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 skinless chicken breast fillet
- 1 orange, juiced
- 1/2 small fennel (approx 250g each), cut into wedges
- 2 small new potatoes (approx 50g each), halved
- 1 medium shallot (approx 60g), quartered
- 1/4 chicken stock cube, crumbled
- 1 tsp plain white flour
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- Serves: 1
- Course: Main Course
- Preparation time: 10 mins
- Cooking time: 50 mins
- Oven temp: 200c
- Price per person: £3.45
- Store cupboard: Cook's
- Calories per serving: 454
- 5-a-day per serving: 3.3
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Method
- Preheat the oven. Parboil the new potatoes in a pan of lightly salted boiling water for 6 minutes.
- Drain the potatoes and add to a baking tray with the fennel and shallots. Drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil, season with salt and pepper and roast in the oven for an initial 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, season the chicken breast generously with salt and pepper, then heat 1 tbsp oil in a frying pan over a high heat and fry the chicken for 2-3 minutes on each side, or until browned.
- Once the vegetables have been in the oven for 20 minutes, add the chicken breast to the roasting tray and roast for a further 15-20 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked.
- Remove the chicken and vegetables from the pan, cover and set aside. Return the roasting tray to a medium heat on the hob, stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Gradually pour in the orange juice, stirring with a wooden spoon to scrape up the caramelised bits from the tray. Add the crumbled chicken stock and Dijon mustard. Bring to the boil and simmer for 3-4 minutes, or until reduced by half and the sauce develops a thicker consistency. Remove from the heat and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Serve the roasted chicken and vegetables with the orange and Dijon mustard sauce.
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