Chicken with Pumpkin Mash & Creamy Bacon Sauce

Chicken with Pumpkin Mash & Creamy Bacon Sauce

Ready in 20 minutes • Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in Ready in 20 (3 Nights For 2) on Sunday, May 12, 2019.
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Ingredients

Mash

  • 1 pack peeled diced pumpkin

Chicken & Sauce

  • 1 pack chicken tenders
  • 1 courgette, cut in half lengthways and thinly sliced
  • 1 pack minced bacon
  • 1 pack baby spinach
  • 125g lite sour cream
  • 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
  • 1 pack walnuts

From the Pantry

  • oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • butter

Steps

  1. Cook mash Place pumpkin in a pot and cover with hot tap water. Cover with a lid and bring to a simmer on high heat. As soon as it simmers, cook for 8 minutes, until soft. Drain well and mash with a knob of butter. Season.
  2. Meanwhile, cook chicken Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat. Pat chicken dry and season. Cook for 3-4 minutes each side, until just cooked through. Remove from pan to rest. Reserve pan.
  3. Prep courgette & cook sauce Add a drizzle of oil to same pan on medium-high heat. Cook bacon and courgette for 1-2 minutes. Add 1/4 cup water and scrape pan to release any pan brownings. Add spinach and cook a further 1 minute, until wilted. Remove from heat and stir through sour cream and mustard. Add a splash of water if sauce is too thick. Season and stir through any chicken resting juices.
  4. Serve chicken with mash and sauce. Garnish with walnuts.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2612 kj
624 kcal
Protein 46.6g
Carbohydrate 19.0g
Fat 39.3g