Chicken with cannellini beans recipe

Name: Chicken with cannellini beans
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 chicken legs; 1 tbsp olive oil; 4 cloves garlic, squashed with the back of a knife; 4 sprigs thyme; 400g tin cannellini beans, drained and rinsed; 150g cherry tomatoes; 1 red chilli, halved, deseeded and sliced; 15g (½oz) basil leaves, roughly chopped; zest of half a lemon

See method

Serves 4
5 mins to prepare and 50 mins to cook
224 calories / serving

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Tesco British Chicken Legs 1Kg
Aldi Price Match
4 chicken legs
£2.25
£2.25/kg
Tesco Olive Oil 250Ml
1 tbsp olive oil
£3.10
£12.40/litre
Tesco Garlic 4 Pack
Aldi Price Match
4 cloves garlic, squashed with the back of a knife
£0.87
£0.22/each
Tesco Fresh Cut Thyme 20G
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4 sprigs thyme
£0.50
£25.00/kg
Tesco Cannellini Beans Water 400G
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400g tin cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
£0.45
£1.83/kg DR.WT
Nightingale Farms Cherry Tomatoes 250G
150g cherry tomatoes
£0.62
£2.48/kg
Tesco Red Chillies 60G
Aldi Price Match
1 red chilli, halved, deseeded and sliced
£0.51
£8.50/kg
Tesco Fresh Cut Basil 30G
Aldi Price Match
15g (½oz) basil leaves, roughly chopped
£0.50
£16.67/kg
Tesco Lemons Each
zest of half a lemon
£0.37
£0.37/each

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. Place the chicken in an ovenproof dish, coat with the oil, then tuck the garlic and thyme around the meat. Season and roast for 25 minutes.
Remove from the oven and add the beans, tomatoes, and chilli. Pour over 150ml (¼pt) water, return to the oven and cook for a further 20-25 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through with no pink showing.
Remove the chicken and and keep warm. Remove the garlic skins and sprigs of thyme from the bean and tomato mix and stir in the basil and lemon zest. Spoon onto a serving dish or straight onto plates, topped with the chicken.