tray baked chicken with spinach and couscous

This is one of my favourite recipe from Jamie Oliver's "Meals in Minutes", it is super easy and super good. It's one of those stand by recipes that I keep in mind for whenever we want to have chicken but aren't sure what kind of chicken to have.

Tray baked chicken
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Dried oregano
Sweet paprika
Salt & pepper
Pat of butter
Olive oil
4 x 6 ounce skinless chicken breasts
1 lemon
2 ounces cherry tomatoes
4 slices smoked bacon
A couple of sprigs of fresh rosemary

Turn the broiler on high heat. Heat a bit of olive oil and butter in frying pan turned on medium-high heat. Get out a large sheet of parchment paper (I use wax paper). Sprinkle over a good pinch of oregano, paprika and salt and pepper, then drizzle over some olive oil. Lay the chicken breast on top of the parchment paper and roll them in the flavour. Add to the hot pan and fry for 4 to 5 minutes, or until golden on both sides. While this is happening clear away the parchment paper.

In a roasting pan, quarter the lemon and chuck in the pan along with the tomatoes. Tip the chicken breast and any juice from the pan. Use tongs to arrange everything nicely, then lay the bacon on top of the breast. Put the frying pan back on a medium heat, add the sprigs of fresh rosemary to the pan, and move them around so that they get coated in the juice. Pop them into the roasting pan, then put the pan under the broiler for at least 15-20 minutes.

Served with couscous and spinach.

Excuse the enormous amount of spinach, they were on the verge of going bad.