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Cheesy Pepperoni Free Range Chicken With Crispy Potatoes

If you love pepperoni, you'll want some of this! Top juicy, tender free range chicken baked in a cherry tomato sauce with melty cheddar and crispy pepperoni. Serve with golden potatoes, and dig in!

35 mins
444kcal
Italian
Cheesy Pepperoni Free Range Chicken With Crispy Potatoes
4.5

Ingredients for 2 people

Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredient Cooking for 4? Double each ingredient

Free range chicken breast portions (2pcs)
Free range chicken breast portions (2pcs)
Cheddar cheese (40g)
Cheddar cheese (40g)
Cherry tomatoes (125g)
Cherry tomatoes (125g)
Tomato paste (16g) x2
Tomato paste (16g) x2
Sliced pepperoni (30g)
Sliced pepperoni (30g)
Dried basil (1tsp)
Dried basil (1tsp)
Garlic clove x2
Garlic clove x2
Rocket (20g)
Rocket (20g)
White potato x3
White potato x3

You'll also need

Vegetable oil, Sugar, Pepper, Salt, Olive oil, Water (or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.

1.

Preheat the oven to 220°C/ 200°C (fan)/ gas 7, then take your chicken out of the fridge, open the packet and let it air

Boil half a kettle

Chop your cherry tomatoes into quarters

Peel and finely chop (or grate) your garlic

Step 1
2.

Dissolve your tomato paste, dried basil and chopped garlic in 75ml [110ml] [150ml] boiled water – this is your tomato stock

Step 2
3.

Add the chopped tomatoes to an oven-proof dish with the tomato stock and season with a generous pinch of saltpepper and sugar

Give everything a good mix up – this is your tomato sauce

Step 3
4.

Top the tomato sauce with the free range chicken breast portion[s] and drizzle the chicken with olive oil

Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and put the dish in the oven for an initial 12 min

Step 4
5.

Meanwhile, chop your potatoes (skins on) into bite-sized pieces and add them to a baking tray with a generous drizzle of vegetable oil and a pinch of salt and pepper

Put the tray in the oven for 20-25 min or until golden and crisp

Step 5
6.

While the potatoes are cooking, grate your cheddar cheese

Chop your pepperoni finely

Step 6
7.

Once the chicken has had 12 min, remove the dish from the oven and top with the grated cheese and chopped pepperoni

Return the dish to the oven and cook for a further 12-15 min or until the cheese has melted, the pepperoni has crisped and the chicken is cooked through (no pink meat!) – this is your cheesy pepperoni free range chicken

Wash your salad, then pat it dry with kitchen paper

Step 7
8.

Remove the cheesy pepperoni free range chicken from the dish and give the tomato sauce a good mix up

Serve the cheesy pepperoni free range chicken over the tomato sauce with the crispy potatoes and salad to the side

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
444kcal
Energy
15.6g
Fat
35.5g
Carbohydrate
5.2g
Fibre
42.4g
Protein
1.2g
Salt

The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.

Allergens

Allergens highlighted by (milk, mustard).

In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.

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