Baked chicken olive delight

Step by step method

• Step 1

  Preheat the oven at 200c/180c fan/gas mark 6.

• Step 2

  Wash the sweet potatoes and pierce skin a few times with a fork. Place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper and put in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until tender. Once cooked, cut lengthwise and scoop out flesh.

• Step 3

  Cut the chicken into 2 inch thick slices, ad a pinch of salt and pepper then place in a hot frying pan with the olive oil to seal. Fry on a high heat for 4 minutes, turning half way through. Remove from the pan an place in a baking dish.

• Step 4

  Slice the olives in half and scatter over the chicken. Wash the green beans, cut in half lengthways then add to the chicken.

• Step 5

  In the pan where you cooked the chicken, add in the tomatoes, the balsamic vinegar, mixed herbs, a pinch of salt and pepper and the chilli flakes. Stir, bring to the boil then pour over the chicken.

• Step 6

  Cover the chicken with foil and place the dish in the oven where the potatoes are cooking, and leave for 15 minutes. Check meat is cooked thoroughly before eating.

• Serve.