Roasted chicken with Tuscan bread salad

Name: Roasted chicken with Tuscan bread salad
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: sea salt and black pepper; 4 plum tomatoes; 2 tbsp olive oil, plus extra to drizzle; 2 red peppers; 4 chicken breasts, skin on (ideally supremes, with the wing bone attached); 3 thick slices of a day-old sourdough loaf, or ciabatta; 3 basil sprigs, leaves picked; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and halved olive oil, to drizzle; 1 garlic clove, peeled and thinly sliced; 4 tbsp butter; 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tsp sherry vinegar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Gourmet Food for a Fiver

By Jason Atherton

Published 2010

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AN OLD ITALIAN FAVOURITE - SUCCULENT ROASTED CHICKEN WITH A SALAD OF PLUM TOMATOES, SWEET PEPPERS, FRAGRANT BASIL AND IRRESISTIBLE GARLIC CROUTONS MAKES A MOST SATISFYING MEAL.

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts, skin on (ideally supremes, with the wing bone attached)
2 red peppers
2 tbsp

Europe
Italy
Mediterranean

Method

First, prepare the croûtons. Preheat the oven to 150°C/Gas 2. Toast the bread in the oven for 10 minutes or until lightly coloured. Rub the cut garlic over both sides of the bread. Cut into 5cm cubes, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Return to the