Balsamic Roasted Chicken

Serves 4

207 calories per serving

Takes 10 minutes to prepare, 25 minutes to cook

Ingredients:
Calorie controlled cooking spray
4 x 150g (5 1/2 oz) skinless boneles chicken breasts
1 large onion
2 red peppers, de-seeded and sliced into thin strips
1 green pepper, de-seeded and sliced into thin strips
2 garlic cloves, crushed
4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
100 ml (3 1/2 fl oz chicke or veg stock
a small bunch of fresh oregano or
1 tsp of dried oregano
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4/180C/fan oven 160C.  Spray a roasting tin with the cooking spray, place the chicken breasts in the tin and season.
2. Spray a lorge non stick frying pan with the cooking spray and stir fry the onion for a few minutes until it is softened, adding a splash of water if it starts to stick. Add the peppers and garlic, stir fry for a further minute and then tip the mixture over the chicken breasts in the roasting tin.
3. Drizzle over the balsamic vinegar and stock, sprinkle with the herbs and then roast in the oven for 20 minutes or until cooked through. Halfway through, spoon some of the sauce over the chicken breasts.
4. Check that the chicken is cooked and serve.

Serve with 60g (2oz) dried pasta such as tagliatelle or linguine per person, according to the packed instructions.

(To save washing up I put everything in my big casserole pan together.)