Chicken, Goat Cheese, And Greens

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs swiss chard or 1 1/2 lbs beet leaves or 1 1/2 lbs mustard greens, trimmed and washed
• 2 lbs chicken (pre-roasted)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons fresh dill or 2 tablespoons fresh oregano (snipped) or 2 tablespoons fresh sage (snipped)
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt or 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt or 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 ounces goat cheese, log sliced into rounds

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degree f.
• 2 reserve one or two small leaves of chard. tear remaining chard and place in a 3-quart rectangular baking dish.
• 3 remove string from chicken; use the string to tie the chicken legs together. place chicken on chard in dish.
• 4 in a small bowl combine oil and lemon juice. drizzle oil mixture over chicken and chard in dish.
• 5 sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the snipped herbs over the chicken and chard.
• 6 sprinkle salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper over chard only.
• 7 loosely cover baking dish with foil. bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until torn chard is tender.
• 8 meanwhile, sprinkle cheese with remaining 1 tablespoon snipped herbs and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
• 9 transfer chicken to a serving platter.
• 10 place several of the goat cheese rounds on top of chicken.
• 11 add reserved chard leaves. toss cooked chard in dish to evenly coat with cooking liquid.
• 12 serve chard and remaining cheese with.
• 13 chicken.
• 14 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.