Baked Chicken with Spinach, Pears and Blue Cheese

Ingredients

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  4 breast fillet or 472g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  3 tbsp or 41g

• Red Onion

  Vegetables - Melissa's

  ½ cup chopped or 80g

• Spinach

  Raw

  4 cup or 120g

• Vinegar

  Cider

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Pears

  Raw

  2 large or 460g

• Parsley

  Raw

  2 tbsp or 8g

• Blue cheese

  ¾ cup, crumbled, not packed or 101g

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Generously season each chicken breast with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large, oven-proof skillet and sear breasts 2 to 3 minutes each side until lightly golden. Place pan in oven and bake until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
2. Slice pears and set aside. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pan over medium heat and sauté red onion until just softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add spinach and toss until wilted. Season with salt and pepper and transfer to a platter or divide between 4 plates.
3. Wipe out pan and heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil with vinegar. Add pears and gently heat until warm. Stir in parsley. Arrange cooked chicken breasts on spinach. Top with warmed pear slices and about 2 tablespoons blue cheese per breast.