When I think about fast dinner, pork chops and spaghetti always spring to mind. Though some people might disagree, it is difficult to eat this dish for every meal. Sometimes I need to serve something else. Incessantly, I look for swift and yummy dishes. One such meal is chicken with a hint of rosemary and colourful pearl barley. Serve it with your favourite salad or cooked vegetables. You can be sure that your family will be glad, and you can use your free time how you want.

Ingredients (for 4 people)
chicken
8 chicken thighs
8 slices of smoked bacon
4 cloves of garlic (2 unpeeled, 2 peeled and sliced)
3 big and 8 small sprigs of rosemary
1 teaspoon of paprika
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons of butter
salt and pepper
colourful pearl barley
100g of pearl barley
a bunch of chard
4-5 dried tomatoes
half a red pepper
1 tablespoon of butter

Mix the olive oil with the sweet paprika, one chopped sprig of rosemary, add salt and pepper and souse the chicken with it. Leave in the fridge for 2-3 hours. Wrap every chicken thigh with a slice of bacon, putting inside a small sprig of rosemary and slice of garlic. Put the meat into a casserole dish. Add the unpeeled cloves of garlic, pieces of butter and sprigs of rosemary. Add 5-7 tablespoons of water and bake under the lid for 40 minutes. Remove the lid and bake for 5-7 minutes until the bacon is slightly brown.
Boil the pearl barley. Chop the chard finely. Dice the red pepper and dried tomatoes. Mix the chard, pepper, tomatoes and fry in butter. Add the pearl barley and mix it in.

Enjoy your meal!

Try also
Goose thighs on St Martin's Day
Meatloaf, i.e. another way to prepare mincemeat
Sometimes a man has to, i.e. something concrete for dinner