Chicken, Goat Cheese, and Greens

Just pick up a ready-to-eat roasted chicken on your way home from work for this easy dinner.


Chicken, Goat Cheese, and Greens

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Servings: 4 servings
Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
 
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Ingredients
  • 1-1/2  pounds
    Swiss chard, beet greens, and/or mustard greens, trimmed and washed
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  • 1  2 to 2-1/2-pound
    roasted chicken
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  • 3  tablespoons
    olive oil
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  • 2  tablespoons
    lemon juice
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  • 2  tablespoons
    snipped fresh dill, oregano, and/or sage
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  • 1/4  teaspoon
    sea salt, kosher salt, or salt
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  • 1/1/4  teaspoon
    cracked black pepper
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  • 1  3- to 4-ounce log
    goat cheese (chevre), sliced into rounds or coarsely crumbled
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Directions
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Reserve one or two small leaves of chard. Tear remaining chard and place in a 3-quart rectangular baking dish. Remove string from chicken; use the string to tie the chicken legs together. Place chicken on chard in dish. In a small bowl combine oil and lemon juice. Drizzle oil mixture over chicken and chard in dish. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the snipped herbs over the chicken and chard. Sprinkle salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper over chard only.
2.
Loosely cover baking dish with foil. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until torn chard is tender. Meanwhile, sprinkle cheese with remaining 1 tablespoon snipped herbs and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
3.
Transfer chicken to a serving platter. Place several of the goat cheese rounds on top of chicken. Add reserved chard leaves. Toss cooked chard in dish to evenly coat with cooking liquid. Serve chard and remaining cheese with chicken. Makes 4 servings.

Tip
This recipe doubles easily to serve 8. Double the ingredients and prepare as directed above except place all the greens and both chickens in a large shallow roasting pan. Bake as above.

Nutrition information
Calories 542, Total Fat 36 g, Saturated Fat 10 g, Monounsaturated Fat 17 g, Polyunsaturated Fat 6 g, Cholesterol 143 mg, Sodium 620 mg, Carbohydrate 7 g, Total Sugar 2 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 48 g. Daily Values: Vitamin C 53%, Calcium 13%, Iron 28%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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