Baked Chicken Parma with Sweet Potato Mash
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 20 min
Servings: 4
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A healthy version of a classic chicken dish – a crustless parma topped with Mediterranean vegetables
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Ingredients

  • 400 g can no-added-salt diced tomatoes with basil, onion and garlic
  • 2 small skinless chicken breasts, fat trimmed
  • 20 basil leaves
  • 270 g jar sundried tomato, drained
  • 270 g jar char-grilled capsicum or roasted pepper strips, drained
  • 2 cups baby spinach leaves
  • 1 cup reduced-fat mozzarella cheese
  • 800 g sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1 1/2cm dice
  • 1/2 cup reduced-fat milk
  • basil leaves, extra, to serve
  • 1/2 red chilli, chopped (optional)

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan forced).
  2. Spread ¼ cup diced tomato in the base of a large ovenproof dish.
  3. Halve each chicken breast lengthways to form 4 thin breast steaks. Using a rolling pin, pound steaks between 2 sheets of plastic wrap to 5mm thickness. Arrange chicken on tomatoes in pan base; layer each with basil leaves, sundried tomatoes pieces and capsicum. Pile on spinach, spoon over remaining diced tomatoes and sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake for 20 minutes until chicken is cooked and melted cheese has browned.
  4. Place sweet potato in a steaming basket over a medium saucepan of boiling water; steam for 10-15 minutes or until tender. Discard water and return potato to the hot dry saucepan. Add ¼ cup milk and mash with a potato masher until smooth, adding additional milk if required for desired consistency.
  5. Divide sweet potato and chicken between serving plates, sprinkle with basil.
  6. Serve with fresh chilli for extra heat.

Variation: Sweet potato may be microwaved in a covered dish with 2 tablespoons water on HIGH (100%) for 8-10 minutes, stirring after 4 minutes.

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Nutrition Information

per serving per 100g
Energy 1868 kJ 431 kJ
446 Cal 103 Cal
Protein 47 g 11 g
Fat, total 10 g 2 g
— saturated 5 g 1 g
Carbohydrate 37 g 8 g
— sugars 25 g 6 g
Sodium 581 mg 134 mg
Fibre 10 g 2 g

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Comments (8)

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    This recipe never fails to please the entire family
    Anonymous
    Posted on: 09 Jul 15

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    Hi, I made this delish dish. I used young silver beet as that is what I had in garden. I will make it again. So easy. I roasted the sweet potato as I'm not fussed on mash.
    Anonymous
    Posted on: 22 Aug 14

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    This our family favourite and so easy to do. Just as good without sundried tomatoes, chilli and caps and adding other vegies for those that cannot tolerate spicy food.
    janette anderson
    Posted on: 17 Jul 14

Rating (4 ratings)

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