Baked Chicken with Spinach, Pears and Blue Cheese

Ingredients

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  4 full breast (both fillets) or 944g

• 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. In a large, oven-proof skillet heat 1 tablespoon olive oil 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 put them aside. While chicken is cooking, 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 large platter or divide evenly 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.