Chicken with pumpkin, pancetta and chickpea stir-fry

  • Portion size: Serves 4
  • Ready in 20 minutes
  • Difficulty: easy

Ready in just 20 minutes, this quick chicken recipe is a fuss-free midweek meal.

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Ingredients

  • 4 small chicken breasts (about 160g each), skin on
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 100g pancetta, chopped
  • 500g pumpkin or butternut squash, cut into cubes
  • 200ml good-quality chicken stock, hot
  • Handful of fresh sage leaves, roughly chopped
  • 400g tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • Chopped fresh flatleaf parsley to serve
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6. Flatten the chicken breasts slightly by pressing with 
a rolling pin between 2 sheets of cling film. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Season the chicken breasts and sear, skin-side down, for 2 minutes, then flip over and briefly sear the other side. Transfer to a roasting tin and cook in the oven for 12-15 minutes until the juices run clear when pierced with a knife.
  2. Meanwhile, put the pancetta in the pan used to cook the chicken and fry until crisp. Add the pumpkin/squash and the hot chicken stock and cook for 5-6 minutes until the pumpkin/squash is tender. Add the chopped sage and the chickpeas, stir, then cook for a few minutes more. Serve topped with the sliced chicken, scattered with the parsley.
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  • Nutrition

    • 443kcals Calories
    • 17.7g (4.2g saturated) Fat
    • 48.9g Protein
    • 19.4g (5.6g sugars) Carbs
    • 6.3g Fibre
    • 1.6g Salt
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