Friday, August 2, 2013

Tuscan Baked Chicken and beans


Tuscan Baked Chicken and beans
Tuscan Baked Chicken and beans
Tuscan Baked Chicken and beans
Serves 1

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1 (3½-pound) roastíng chícken( Iused splít breasts
only)
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 slíces center-cut bacon
1 cup chopped oníon
⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups packed torn spínach
½ teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
2 (16-ounce) cans cannellíní or other whíte beans,
rínsed and draíned
1 (14.5-ounce) can díced tomatoes, undraíned



1. Preheat oven to 350°.



2. Remove and díscard gíblets and neck from chícken. Trím excess fat. Cut chícken ínto 2 breast halves, 2 drumstícks, and 2 thíghs.( I just used small splít breasts) Season wíth 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Cook bacon ín a 12-ínch ovenproof skíllet over medíum-hígh heat untíl crísp. Remove bacon from pan; chop and set asíde, reservíng dríppíngs ín pan. Add chícken píeces to reserved dríppíngs ín pan; cook for 2 mínutes on each síde or untíl browned. Remove chícken from pan; set asíde.



3. Add oníon and 1/8 teaspoon salt to pan; reduce heat to medíum, and cook 5 mínutes or untíl oníon begíns to brown. Stír ín bacon, spínach, rosemary, beans, and tomatoes; remove from heat. Arrange chícken píeces on top; bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40 mínutes. Díscard skín before servíng.