Bacon wrapped chicken with garlic chickpeas
Equipment
- non stick 26cm pan
Ingredients
- Bacon wrapped chicken requires good bacon and it's best to get a longer rasher that is a bit streaky. This protects the chicken and adds some great flavour to the overall sauce. It also helps caramelise the chickpeas and celery. A winner all way round.
Ingredients:
- 2 chicken breasts
- 2 rashers bacon
- 50 g soft feta cheese
- 100 g baby spinach leaves wilted and chopped
- 1 tin chickpeas drained
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 stick celery - sliced
Instructions
Steps to Success:
- make a horizontal slit in each chicken breast and stuff some of the feta and spinach in, them wrap the chicken breast in a rasher of bacon.
- In a large saute pan, heat the olive oil, add the garlic and celery and stir for about 1 minute.
- Add the chickpeas and stir again. Season with salt and pepper. I sometimes add some other Moroccan spices too at this stage, or some chilli
- Add the two chicken breasts into the pan, pushing them down onto the surface of the pan to sear the bacon properly. Leave for 10 minutes, then turn and cook for another 10 minutes. Just watch the chickpeas don't stick to the pan - so stir them up a little bit each time (they will caramelise nicely by the end)
- Serve with some yoghurt or sour cream.
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