Butternut Boulangère Baked Chicken

No need to peel a butternut squash before roasting! Apart from saving time there is valuable fibre in the skin that softens on cooking

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 24 September 2015

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This one pot chicken bake is great for a midweek meal.

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Yields:

4 serving(s)

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

40 mins

Total Time:

55 mins

Cal/Serv:

473

Ingredients

1
butternut squash
Small bunch of thyme, leaves picked
400 ml
hot chicken stock
1 tsp.
olive oil
4
skin-on chicken breasts
150 g
soft goat's cheese

Directions

1. Step 1
  Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C) mark 6. Trim ends off the squash and slice in half lengthways. Deseed; discarding any stringy bits but reserving seeds. Cut the squash halves into 5mm slices.
2. Step 2
  Layer the slices in a large baking dish, scattering in most of the thyme leaves and plenty of seasoning as you go. Pour in the hot stock and roast for 15min.
3. Step 3
  Meanwhile, rub olive oil over the chicken breasts. Make a pocket between the chicken skin and flesh on each breast, then stuff each with a quarter of the goat’s cheese.
4. Step 4
  Carefully remove the roasting tin from the oven. Sit the chicken breasts on top of the squash and scatter over remaining thyme leaves and reserved seeds. Roast for a further 30min until the chicken is cooked and butternut squash is tender.
  
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Per Serving:

Calories: 473
Fibre: 3 g
Total carbs: 11 g
Sugars: 6 g
Total fat: 26 g
Saturated fat: 11 g
Protein: 48 g

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