Roast chicken with peppers, olives & crunchy ciabatta

Name: Roast chicken with peppers, olives & crunchy ciabatta
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1½ kg medium whole chicken, jointed into 8 pieces; 2 red peppers, deseeded and thickly sliced; 4 sprig/s rosemary; 3 tbsp Belazu Cornicabra Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 400 g Mutti Passata Gastronomia with Cherry Tomatoes; 350 g Fragata Stoneless Manzanilla Olives Filled With Anchovy, drained; 1 Waitrose Mixed Olive Ciabatta

Roasting a jointed chicken saves cooking time, carving at the table, and means everyone can pick a bit of what they like. You can always use 4 chicken legs, halved, instead.

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Serves4
CourseMain meal
Prepare20 mins
Cook45 mins
Total time1 hr 5 mins

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Ingredients

1½kg medium whole chicken, jointed into 8 pieces
2 red peppers, deseeded and thickly sliced
4 sprig/s rosemary
3 tbsp Belazu Cornicabra Extra Virgin Olive Oil
400g Mutti Passata Gastronomia with Cherry Tomatoes
350g Fragata Stoneless Manzanilla Olives Filled With Anchovy, drained
1 Waitrose Mixed Olive Ciabatta

Method

Preheat the oven to 200ºC, gas mark 6. Place the chicken, peppers and rosemary in a large roasting tin and drizzle with 1 tbsp oil. Season, then roast for 20 minutes.
Lift the chicken onto a large plate. Drain any excess fat in the tin, then add the passata and olives, stirring them together with the peppers.
Return the chicken pieces to the tin and roast for 20-25 minutes more, until cooked through, with no pink meat and the juices run clear.
Meanwhile, tear the ciabatta into a bowl in bitesized pieces and toss with the remaining oil. Scatter over a baking sheet and cook for 15-18 minutes on the shelf beneath the chicken, turning once or twice until crunchy and dark golden. Tip into a serving bowl, ready for scattering over the chicken.

Cook’s tip

Invite guests to help themselves to the ciabatta during the meal, rather than place it all on at the beginning. That way, it stays crunchy right down to the last mouthful.