Name: Chicken with Panzanella filling and salsa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Cuisine
Ingredients: 1 onion thinly sliced; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tin whole tomatoes dreained, chopped; 15 ml brown sugar; 50 ml vinegar red wine; 2 red pepper roasted, peeled, sliced; 2 to 3 anchovy fillets finely chopped; 1/2 ciabatta crusts removed, diced; 30 ml vinegar red wine; 1 onion small, chopped; 1/2 red pepper finely chopped; 8 olives calamata, pitted, chopped; lemon grated rind; 125 ml fresh basil chopped; 80 g parmesan cheese grated; 8 chicken breast fillets deboned; 2 fennel bulbs, thinly sliced

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Ingredients (17)

SALSA:

1	onion — thinly sliced
3	garlic — cloves, crushed
1	tin whole tomatoes — dreained, chopped
15 ml	brown sugar
50 ml	vinegar — red wine
2	red pepper — roasted, peeled, sliced
2 to 3	anchovy fillets — finely chopped

STUFFING:

1/2	ciabatta — crusts removed, diced
30 ml	vinegar — red wine
1	onion — small, chopped
1/2	red pepper — finely chopped
8	olives — calamata, pitted, chopped
	lemon — grated rind
125 ml	fresh basil — chopped
80 g	parmesan cheese — grated

OTHER:

8	chicken breast fillets — deboned
2	fennel — bulbs, thinly sliced

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Method:

Prepare Salsa: Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat and stir-fry the onions and garlic for about 5 minutes or until soft. Add the tomatoes, sugar and vinegar and simmer for about 15 minutes. Add the sweet peppers and simmer for another 5 minutes. Add the anchovies, mix well and taste before seasoning (sparingly, as anchovies are quite salty). Allow to cool.

Preheat the oven. Place the bread in a mixing bowl and drizzle with olive oil and vinegar. Add the onion, sweet pepper, olives, lemon peel, sweet basil and Parmesan cheese and mix through. Cut diagonal slits in each chicken breast without cutting right through, and stuff the breasts with the filling. Close the cuts with toothpicks, rub with olive oil, and pan-fry the breasts until golden brown all over, starting with the skin side underneath. Place the fennel in a roasting pan, top with the chicken breasts and bake for 35 minutes or until cooked through.

To Serve: Slice the chicken breasts and serve with the fennel and salsa.

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