Make this tasty recipe at home and impress your guests
Ingredients
2 large chicken breasts
10–12 slices of streaky bacon
For the stuffing
200g quinoa, cooked and cooled
1 fat garlic clove, crushed
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp hot smoked paprika (or sweet if preferred)
6 dried apricots, roughly chopped into small dices
6 dried dates (stones removed), roughly chopped into small dices
Zest of 1/2 orange, reserve the juice
Small handful of flat parsley, roughly chopped
1 egg, beaten
Salt and pepper to taste
Method
Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6.
Make the stuffing by adding all the ingredients, except the egg, into a bowl and mix together. Then add the egg and stir to combine. Set aside.
Butterfly cut the chicken breast and open it up. Season with salt and pepper and fill with the stuffed quinoa mix.
Lie 5 or 6 rashers of bacon side-by-side on a work surface. Place the chicken breast, face down on the bacon and wrap it tightly around the chicken. Turn over and place on a lined baking tray so that the bacon ends are tucked underneath.
Pour the reserved orange juice over the top, and bake in the oven for 30–40 minutes.
Rest for 15 minutes before carving. One chicken breast should be enough for two people.
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