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Rosemary chicken with capsicum and tomato sauce

Rosemary chicken with capsicum and tomato sauce

Serves: 
4
Time to make: 
20 mins
Total cost: 
$17.60 / $4.40 per serve
(at time of publication)
Health information: 
Dairy-free

Instructions

Instructions and steps: 

Step 1 Heat the oil in a large deep-sided frying pan. Add the chicken, scatter over the rosemary and fry for 5 minutes.

Step 2 Turn the chicken and add the capsicum and courgettes. Fry for a further 5 minutes or until the chicken is golden and cooked through.

Step 3 Remove the chicken from the pan and keep warm. Add the Tomato and vegetable sauce to the pan with the vegetables and stir over a low heat until hot. Divide the chicken among 4 plates and pour over the sauce. Serve with potatoes and steamed spinach.

*Tomato and vegetable sauce

Heat olive oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add celery and leek and cook, stirring, for 10 minutes until soft. Add wine and water and bubble for 5 minutes until the liquid has almost evaporated. Add tomatoes and tomato purée and stir with a wooden spoon. Simmer for 10 minutes, uncovered, until the sauce starts to thicken.

You can also use this sauce as a base in these recipes:

Chilli tomato sauce with chickpeas
Spinach and black olive sauce with pasta
Tuna and basil sauce in jacket potatoes

About this Recipe

Recipe by: 
Photography: Joanna Wickham
First Published: 
July 2007

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Full ingredient list: 
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
  • 1 red capsicum, cored, deseeded and sliced
  • 2 courgettes, sliced
  • 1 quantity Tomato and vegetable sauce*
  • *Tomato and vegetable sauce
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 medium leek, chopped
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 1/2 cup hot water
  • 400g can whole tomatoes in juice
  • 410g can tomato purée

Nutritional information (per serve)

Energy: 
1145kJ
Calories: 
274cal
Protein: 
43g
Fat: 
7.3g
- saturated: 
1.8g
Carbohydrates: 
7.8g
- sugars: 
7.5g
Dietary Fibre: 
2.1g
Sodium: 
195mg
Calcium: 
50mg
Iron: 
2mg

Nutrition information is given per serve
*NS: not specified