Baked Chicken & Butternut Squash with Goats Cheese & Walnuts

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One of the things I love the most about the weather being on the turn, is that it’s now totally acceptable to start cooking lovely, warming comfort food once more! I love a salad, but, you know, it doesn’t always hit the spot in quite the same way as a lovely bake or stew! We had this dish the other night, and got to use some of our fresh thyme from the garden 🙂 Served best with some delicious green veg.

Serves 4, prep – 15 minutes, cooking time – 55 – minutes, total time – 1 hour 10 minutes

You will need:

  • 850g pack British chicken thighs & drumsticks
  • 200g shallots, peeled and halved
  • 400g butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into wedges
  • 4 cloves garlic, unpeeled
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 30g walnut halves
  • 15g fresh thyme, leaves picked, with a few washed sprigs left whole to garnish
  • 50g Abergavenny goats’ cheese to crumble

Instructions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C, fan 180ºC, gas 6. Put the chicken in a large baking dish with the shallots, butternut squash and garlic. Drizzle with the oil and toss to coat.
  2. Season with freshly ground black pepper and roast in the oven for 45 minutes, turning halfway through.
  3. Remove the dish from the oven and stir through the walnuts and the thyme leaves. Roast for a further 10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through, the skin is crispy, the squash is tender and the walnuts are toasted.
  4. To serve, crumble over the goats’ cheese and garnish with the thyme.

 

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12 Comments

  1. October 7, 2014 / 11:09 am

    I love this combination of flavours, it looks really tasty. Perfect for a mid week meal?

    • Becky
      Author
      October 13, 2014 / 11:32 am

      Yes, really easy and you can almost forget about it once it’s in the oven!

    • Becky
      Author
      October 13, 2014 / 11:32 am

      So tasty!

  2. October 7, 2014 / 2:27 pm

    Oh yummy this does sound perfect, I will have to try this out on my family 🙂 #TastyTuesdays

    • Becky
      Author
      October 13, 2014 / 11:33 am

      Definitely, a great family dinner!

  3. October 7, 2014 / 4:50 pm

    sounds like my kind of a meal, love chicken, love butternut squash, nice warming meal now the weather has finally changed 🙂 #tastytuesdays

    • Becky
      Author
      October 13, 2014 / 11:33 am

      It’s perfect to ease you into Autumn, prob my fave type of cooking!

  4. Honest Mum
    October 9, 2014 / 11:35 pm

    Come to Mama, healthy, low carb and filling-LOVE this! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays x

    • Becky
      Author
      October 13, 2014 / 11:33 am

      No probs Vicki, glad you like! x

  5. Sophie at Franglaise Cooking
    October 10, 2014 / 12:24 pm

    I’m loving the flavour combo here, and I’m with you, one good thing about the weather turning is now we can eat loads of hearty food 🙂
    #TastyTuesdays

    • Becky
      Author
      October 13, 2014 / 11:34 am

      Is so good, I love Autumn/winter cooking!

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