Monday 27 July 2015

Cheesy Chicken With Pitta Croutons


It's the summer holidays big big hurrah , six glorious weeks of sunshine ( please excuse if it raining whilst you are reading this right now ) this dish is a quick one. It can be easily adapted to suit your tastes.

Ingredients 

4 chicken breasts

Grated Parmigiano Reggiano Dop

Method 

Heat the oven till 180 c 

Place the chicken in a suitable oven proof dish.

Sprinkle with the 

And cook for 30 minutes 

When the chicken is cooked , slice and leave to cool.


Cheesy Chicken
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Pitta bread croutons 

Ingredients 

4 pitta breads split and shaped into triangles.

6 tablespoons of olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons of paprika ( I prefer sweet)
1 teaspoon of cumin
A twist of the salt mill
A splash of sherry vinegar or white wine vinegar

Method 

Preheat the oven to 180 c 

Brush the dressing onto the pitta triangles. 

Next place on to a oven proof baking tray .

Bake in the oven for no more than 5 minutes.

Pitta Croutons


Cheesy Chicken with pitta croutons


Pitta Croutons with cheesy chicken




Disclosure

I developed this recipe myself as I was a hungry . I got the cheese free as part of the Orchard scheme through Tesco.

17 comments:

  1. Love the look of this, never though to do this with pitta before, such a great idea x

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  2. Chicken, cheese and pitta are three delicious ingredients I love. I will definitely have to give this a go!

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  3. Oh Claire - you do make me laugh! I love the bit where you said: Disclosure: I developed this recipe as I was hungry!!! I'm always hungry - maybe I should cook this one!!

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  4. this is most certainly something that looks quick and easy but tasty too that we would enjoy

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  5. I have never thought about pita croutons before. I am going to give them a try. Thanks for the inspiration

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  6. My hubby would love this as he is crazy on chicken.

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  7. Oh yum this sounds delicious - chicken and cheese yes please!

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  8. food looks great, and I laughed at your disclaimer

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  9. Hubby doesn't like cheese but think I will be making this just for me!

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  10. Hahaha, loving your disclosure, I am sure all genius recipes started in the same manner :-)! I would love the taste of it, what's not to like about pitta, chicken and cheese?xx

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  11. What's the Orchard scheme? Not heard of that before. The chicken looks delicious, in fact my mouth is watering right now! I love Parmasan.

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  12. Mmm wow this sounds super yummy! x

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  13. Ha the disclaimer.... this does look lovely x

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  14. Oh yum! This looks good. And it's stopped raining!

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  15. Ooh had never thought to use pitta for croutons, bet they are really tasty!

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  16. Oooh sounds yummy! Always nice to get free cheese haha!

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  17. Ooh pitta croutons! They sound rather lovely as does the cheesey chicken. Thank you so much for sharing, definitely a yummy recipe to try! It's making me a bit hungry though LOL :)

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