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Pancetta Draped Chicken Chick Pea Mash

Delicious chicken breasts topped with pesto & pancetta cooked in Tomato Olive and Chilli sauce.

Pancetta Draped Chicken Chick Pea Mash
number of serves  serves 4
prep time 15 min prep
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ingredients

4 small skinless chicken fillets
4 slices pancetta
350g jar Leggo's Stir Through Pasta Sauce - Tomato, Olive & Chilli
½ cup water or chicken stock
1 x 400g can Edgell Chick Peas, drained
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 small clove garlic, peeled and crushed
2 tablespoons light olive oil
Steamed Birds Eye Baby Beans, for serving

instructions

step 1

Cover each chicken fillet with a piece on pancetta and place in a lightly greased, oven proof dish.

step 2

Combine Leggo's Stir Through Pasta Sauce, water or stock and pour around the chicken fillets. Cover with foil and bake at 180°C for 25 minutes. Remove foil and cook for a further 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked, basting occasionally with the tomato sauce.

step 3

Place Edgell Chick Peas in a food processor with lemon juice, garlic and olive oil. Blend until smooth and creamy.

step 4

To serve, spoon chick pea mash onto four serving plates, top with cooked Birds Eye Baby Beans and sliced cooked chicken fillet, spooning over sauce.

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recipe tip


  • Chicken can be assembled in baking dish and refrigerated up to a day before cooking.

  • Prosciutto or bacon can be substituted for the pancetta.

  • Try using your favourite Leggo's Stir Through Pasta Sauce variant in this recipe.

  • Chick Pea Mash can be pureed and refrigerated the day before serving.

  • Reheat in a microwave oven before serving.

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nutritional information

Qty per serving QTY PER 100g
Energy 2690kJ (643Cal) 486kJ (116Cal)
Protein 72.7g 13.1g
Fat - Total 28.7g 5.2g
     - Saturated 4.8g 0.9g
Carbohydrate 18.4g 3.3g
     - Sugars 3.5g 0.6g
Dietary Fibre 8.6g 1.6g
Sodium 994mg 180mg
Potassium 861mg 156mg
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ingredients

4 small skinless chicken fillets
4 slices pancetta
350g jar Leggo's Stir Through Pasta Sauce - Tomato, Olive & Chilli
½ cup water or chicken stock
1 x 400g can Edgell Chick Peas, drained
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 small clove garlic, peeled and crushed
2 tablespoons light olive oil
Steamed Birds Eye Baby Beans, for serving

instructions

step 1

Cover each chicken fillet with a piece on pancetta and place in a lightly greased, oven proof dish.

step 2

Combine Leggo's Stir Through Pasta Sauce, water or stock and pour around the chicken fillets. Cover with foil and bake at 180°C for 25 minutes. Remove foil and cook for a further 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked, basting occasionally with the tomato sauce.

step 3

Place Edgell Chick Peas in a food processor with lemon juice, garlic and olive oil. Blend until smooth and creamy.

step 4

To serve, spoon chick pea mash onto four serving plates, top with cooked Birds Eye Baby Beans and sliced cooked chicken fillet, spooning over sauce.

Pancetta Draped Chicken Chick Pea Mash
 serves 4
 15 min prep

recipe tip


  • Chicken can be assembled in baking dish and refrigerated up to a day before cooking.

  • Prosciutto or bacon can be substituted for the pancetta.

  • Try using your favourite Leggo's Stir Through Pasta Sauce variant in this recipe.

  • Chick Pea Mash can be pureed and refrigerated the day before serving.

  • Reheat in a microwave oven before serving.

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