Name: Baked chicken with tomatoes & bacon
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 8 chicken thighs; 8 strips streaky bacon; 1/2 cup white wine; 4.5 medium tomatoes, diced; 10 cherry or plum tomatoes, halved; 1/4 cup parmesan, grated; small bunch fresh basil leaves; sea salt and cracked pepper

Baked chicken with tomatoes & bacon

These three main ingredients are a match made in heaven... the flavours of the bacon and chicken infuse the tomatoes to make a delicious sauce.

Ingredients

8 chicken thighs

8 strips streaky bacon

1/2 cup white wine

4.5 medium tomatoes, diced

10 cherry or plum tomatoes, halved

1/4 cup parmesan, grated

small bunch fresh basil leaves

sea salt and cracked pepper

Method

1.Preheat the oven to 190°C.

2.Wrap each chicken thigh with a strip of bacon, making it into a neat parcel.

3.In an ovenproof dish, combine the wine, diced tomatoes and the halved small tomatoes.

4.Arrange the chicken parcels over the tomatoes in the dish. Sprinkle with parmesan and basil, and season well.

5.Cover with foil and bake for about 20 minutes, then remove foil and cook a further 20 minutes until the chicken is golden and cooked through. Serve with the pan juices.

6.For added decadence, stuff the chicken thighs with mozzarella cheese and a few baby spinach leaves.

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