Tomato chicken

4 servings Prep: 5 mins, Cooking: 25 mins
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Let the microwave do all the work with this simple dish.

By Food24 November 03 2009
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Ingredients (11)

30.00 ml fresh chillies — 573
1.00 onion — chopped
1.00 green pepper — chopped
2.00 garlic — cloves, crushed
40.00 ml pesto
60.00 g olives — black, pitted and sliced
1 can tomatoes — chopped
8.00 ml sugar
1.00 chicken — skinned, jointed
225.00 g pasta — spaghetti
salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Method:

Combine oil, onions, green pepper, garlic and pesto sauce in a 2,5 litre microwave proof casserole dish with a lid.

Cook on high for 3 to 5 minutes, until onions and green pepper are slightly soft, stirring twice.

Add olives, sugar and chopped tomatoes to onion mixture. Add chicken to the casserole dish, arranging thicker, meatier pieces towards the edges.

Cook covered on high for 18 to 20 minutes, until chicken juices run clear. Re-arrange pieces halfway through cooking.
 
Cook spaghetti according to the packet instructions. Drain.
Once cooked, skim fat from chicken.

Season chicken with salt and pepper, and allow to stand for 5 minutes. Arrange spaghetti and chicken on a plate and spoon sauce over.



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