Crispy jacket potatoes with chicken and herbs
2 hours 40 min
A filling lunch or light supper of baked potatoes topped with a creamy chicken and spring onion filling. Nice way to use up leftover chicken.
16 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 1
- 1 potato for baking
- oil
- chicken pieces
- mayonnaise
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- spring onions and/or red onions
- oregano
- basil
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:1hr30min ›
Extra time:1hr ›
Ready in:2hr40min
- Using a fork, pierce the potato all over then using a small brush, brush the potato all over with oil.
- Sit the potato on a baking tray and leave for an hour.
- Pre heat the oven to 180 C in a fan oven, then place the potato in the centre of the oven for 1 and a half hours or until done. Whilst it is cooking....
- Place mayonnaise into a bowl. Use how ever much is to your taste. Add one clove of crushed fresh garlic.
- Finely chop the onion/s and add to the mayonaise
- Crush the oregano and basil together and add to the mayonaise mix
- If you do not have "ready to eat chicken" cook the chicken pieces on the hob.
- When the potato is done, remove from the oven and cut open.
- Add the mayonnaise mix and place your chicken pieces on top.
- Your potato should be nice and crispy and loaded with filling.
Cook's tip
If you want a side dish, a good one is a tuna salad with cannellini beans, a boiled egg, onions, lettuce and olives with a dressing of oil, balsamic vinegar, honey and lemon.
