Chicken puttanesca bake recipe

Name: Chicken puttanesca bake
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1½ tbsp olive oil; 200g skinless chicken breast, cut into 1.5cm slices; 1 large garlic clove, finely chopped; ½ tsp dried rosemary; ½ x 230g pack vine-ripened tomatoes, roughly chopped; 400g chopped tomatoes; 10g capers, rinsed (optional); 40g pitted black and green olives, roughly chopped; 2 anchovy fillets from a 50g tin, drained and roughly chopped; 150g penne; 10g fresh parsley, finely chopped; 15g Parmesan, finely grated (optional)

Puttanesca originates from Naples and, as with many Italian dishes, uses anchovies as seasoning due to their salty taste. Combining tomatoes, garlic, capers and olives with fragrant rosemary and chicken, this easy pasta recipe brings masses of Mediterranean flavour to your dinner table.

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Serves 2
7 mins to prepare and 33 mins to cook
539 calories / serving

Dairy-free
Healthy

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Tesco Olive Oil 250Ml
1½ tbsp olive oil
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£12.40/litre
Tesco 2 Cooked Skinless Chicken Breast 220G
200g skinless chicken breast, cut into 1.5cm slices
£4.25
£19.32/kg
Tesco Large Garlic
1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
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£0.50/each
Tesco Dried Rosemary 27G
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Tesco Sweet Vine Ripened Tomatoes 255G
½ x 230g pack vine-ripened tomatoes, roughly chopped
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Grower's Harvest Chopped Tomatoes 400G
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400g chopped tomatoes
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Tesco Capers 190G
10g capers, rinsed (optional)
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Tesco Pitted Green Olives In Brine 340G
40g pitted black and green olives, roughly chopped
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Tesco Finest Cantabrian Anchovy Fillets 100G
2 anchovy fillets from a 50g tin, drained and roughly chopped
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Hearty Food Co. Penne Pasta 500G
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150g penne
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Tesco Fresh Cut Flat Leaf Parsley 30G
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10g fresh parsley, finely chopped
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Creamfields Grated Grana Padano 100G
15g Parmesan, finely grated (optional)
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£16.50/kg

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Season the chicken with pepper and fry for 2 mins until golden. Remove and set aside.
Add ½ tbsp oil to the pan. Fry the garlic and rosemary for 1 min, then stir in the fresh and tinned tomatoes, the capers (if using), olives, anchovies and 200ml water. Season, reduce the heat to low and cook gently for 15 mins until the tomatoes have softened. Add the chicken.
Meanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta to pack instructions. Drain well, then mix with the sauce in an ovenproof dish.
Bake for 15-18 mins or until golden and the chicken is cooked through. Scatter the parsley and Parmesan (if using) over the pasta to serve.