Tapenade chicken pasta with runner beans
Use up this plentiful legume in a robust pasta dish with anchovy and olive tapenade sauce, tomatoes, basil and chilli
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Prep:15 mins
Cook:15 mins
- Serves 4
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
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kcal 462
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fat 18g
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saturates 3g
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carbs 44g
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sugars 5g
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fibre 4g
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protein 31g
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salt 2.9g
Ingredients
- 2 skinless chicken breasts
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
- 290g jar black kalamata olives in brine, drained
- 4 anchovy fillets
- 300g penne
- 500g runner beans, sides peeled if stringy, thickly sliced on the diagonal
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 red chilli, chopped (deseeded if you don't like it too hot)
- 250g cherry tomatoes, halved
- handful basil leaves
Method
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Rub the chicken with a drizzle of oil, season and roast for 20 mins until cooked through.
Meanwhile, put the olives and anchovies into a jug with 2 tbsp of the oil and blitz to a rough paste with a hand blender (or do this in a food processor).
Bring a large pan of water to the boil, add the penne and cook for 5 mins. Add the beans and cook for 5-8 mins more until they are both al dente, then drain.
Shred the roasted chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces. Heat the remaining oil in a deep sauté pan or wok, add the garlic and chilli, and stir-fry for 1 min. Tip in the tomatoes and cook for another 5 mins until softened. Add the olive mix, pasta, beans and chicken to the pan, and toss everything together. Season, stir through the basil leaves and serve.
