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Chicken with Orange, Spinach and Cherry Tomatoes

@arecipe.bsky.social

A simple recipe that combines vegetable and fruit with chicken. The recipe utilizes baking in foil, which is a great low-fat cooking method that produces wonderfully tender and juicy chicken.

Total 00:05
Yield 4

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp minced fresh dill
  • 4 tsp grated orange peel
  • 3 tsp minced garlic
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 4 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 skinless boneless chicken breast halves, thinly sliced crosswise
  • 4 cups firmly packed torn fresh spinach leaves (about 8 ounces)

Instructions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 400°F.
  2. 2
    Place large baking sheet in oven to heat.
  3. 3
    Mix dill, orange peel, garlic and salt in medium bowl. Season with pepper.
  4. 4
    Combine tomatoes, oil and 1 teaspoon dill mixture in small bowl.
  5. 5
    Add chicken to remaining dill mixture in medium bowl and toss to coat.
  6. 6
    Cut 4 sheets of foil each about 20 inches long.
  7. 7
    Arrange 1 cup spinach on 1 sheet of foil.
  8. 8
    Place a quarter of the sliced chicken mixture atop spinach.
  9. 9
    Spoon a quarter of the tomato mixture atop chicken.
  10. 10
    Fold foil over, enclosing contents completely and crimping edges tightly to seal.
  11. 11
    Repeat with remaining 3 foil sheets, forming 4 packets total.
  12. 12
    Arrange foil packets in single layer on heated baking sheet.
  13. 13
    Bake until chicken is just cooked through, about 15 minutes.
  14. 14
    Transfer to plates; let stand 5 minutes.
Category
Entree/Main
Method
Baking

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chicken_with_Orange,_Spinach_and_Cherry_Tomatoes