Italian chicken parcel

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Italian chicken cooked in a foil parcel

Save on the washing up with this Italian-inspired meal for one

30 minutes

Serves 1

Sarah Drabble

Recipe by: Sarah Drabble | Healthy You Editor

Cooking chicken and vegetables in a little parcel means your whole meal is wrapped up – resulting in a super tasty dish with not much washing up. Serve with a portion of steamed green vegetables to add another one of your 5-A-DAY.

Sarah Drabble

Recipe by: Sarah Drabble | Healthy You Editor

Cooking chicken and vegetables in a little parcel means your whole meal is wrapped up – resulting in a super tasty dish with not much washing up. Serve with a portion of steamed green vegetables to add another one of your 5-A-DAY.

Ingredients

  • Spray oil
  • 1 small sweet potato, peeled and thinly sliced
  • ½ small red onion, finely sliced
  • 6 cherry tomatoes
  • 1 chicken breast, skinless (about 120g)
  • ¼–½ teaspoon dried mixed Italian herbs
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

CALORIES: 349

FAT: 6.3g

5 A DAY: 3

SALT: 0.4g

SUGAR: 21g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 220ºC / Fan 200ºC.
  2. Place a large square of foil on a baking tray (about 30 cm x 30 cm), and coat with a fine layer of spray oil.
  3. In the centre of the foil, layer the slices of sweet potato and onion. Around the sweet potato, place the cherry tomatoes.
  4. Top with the chicken breast and season with the dried herbs and black pepper.
  5. Pull up the sides of the foil and seal, leaving space in the parcel for steam to circulate.
  6. Place in the oven and bake for about 25 minutes.
  7. Check the chicken is cooked through before serving.

If you don’t have these veggies in the cupboard, try what you do have – any veg will work in this simple recipe. Also, if you like your food a bit spicy, you can add some paprika to the dish for extra seasoning.


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