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Chicken With Orange, Spinach And Cherry Tomatoes

Serve with steamed new potatoes.

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons 30mlMinced fresh dill
2 teaspoons 10mlGrated orange peel
1 teaspoon 5mlMinced garlic
3/4 teaspoon 3.8mlSalt
1 cup 62g / 2.2ozCherry tomatoes - halved
1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
4   Skinless boneless chicken breast halves - thinly sliced
  Crosswise
4 cups 160g / 5.6ozTorn fresh spinach leaves - (packed) - abt 8 oz

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place large baking sheet in oven to heat.

Meanwhile, mix dill, orange peel, garlic and salt in medium bowl. Season with pepper. Combine tomatoes, oil and 1 teaspoon dill mixture in small bowl. Add chicken to remaining dill mixture in medium bowl and toss to coat.

Cut 4 sheets of foil, each about 20 inches long. Place 1 foil sheet on work surface. Arrange 1 cup spinach on 1 half of foil. Place 1/4 of sliced chicken mixture atop spinach. Spoon 1/4 of tomato mixture atop chicken. Fold foil over, enclosing contents completely and crimping edges tightly to seal. Repeat with remaining 3 foil sheets, spinach, chicken mixture and tomato mixture, forming 4 packets total.

Arrange foil packets in single layer on heated baking sheet. Reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees. Bake until chicken is just cooked through, about 10 minutes. Transfer to plates; let stand 5 minutes.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, March 1998

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