Herb-crusted Chicken Breasts with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
This Herb-crusted Chicken recipe with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes tastes divine and it's an absolute breeze to make.
The best breadcrumbs are made with bread that's a couple of days old and starting to go a little stale.
Herb-crusted Chicken with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes: -
Prep time: 8 minutes - Cooking time: 24 minutes
Serves 3
3 skinless free-range chicken breasts 1˝ oz (40g) of spring onion, thinly sliced 6 oz (175g) of white bread 14 oz (400g) of ripe cherry tomatoes on the vine Zest of 1 lime 2 tsps of Dijon mustard 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 tbsp of olive oil 1 tbsp of fresh mint 1 tbsp of fresh parsley 1 tbsp of fresh basil 1 tbsp of fresh coriander Sea salt & freshly ground pepper
First take a small sauce pan and put it over a low heat, add a teaspoon of the olive oil and heat it through. Then add the sliced spring onion and sauté for 2 minutes; take off the heat and pour the contents of the pan into a bowl.
Pe-heat your oven to 200˚/400˚/Gas Mk 6, then combine the herbs and the bread in a food processor until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the mixture to the same bowl and lightly combine along with the Dijon mustard & lime zest.
Next take the chicken breasts and brush each side with the lightly beaten egg, and season both sides also. Then cover the top of each breast with some of the breadcrumb mixture then season with sea salt & black pepper.
Lightly oil a baking tray with some of the remaining olive oil, lay in the chicken breasts and place the tray on the middle shelf of your oven for 14 minutes.
Meanwhile prepare your cherry tomatoes by simply placing them in an oven proof dish and drizzling the remaing olive oil over them and seasoning with sea salt & black pepper.
When the chicken breasts have been in the oven for 14 minutes place them on the top shelf to let breacrumb mixture go crunchy, then place the cherry tomatoes on the middle shelf. Close the oven door and leave for a further 8 minutes.
When the 8 minutes is up check to see if the chicken breasts are cooked by sticking a skewer in the side of one of them, if the juices run clear then they're ready if the juices are pink they need to be cooked furter.
The simply plate up your Herb-crusted Chicken breasts and serve with the Roasted Cherry Tomatoes.
