Easy Baked Chicken Breast with Tomato Basil Sauce
Are you looking for an incredibly easy chicken breast recipe? This has very few steps and can be on the table in under 30 minutes.
I made this recipe up years ago and we now eat it probably once a week.
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Because I preserve tomatoes, this is one of those recipes that keeps that light summer taste around all year long for us. You can read about how I preserve tomatoes HERE. However, you can certainly use canned whole tomatoes and it’s just as yummy.
Chicken with Tomato/Basil Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast, butterflied
- 1 tsp olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp minced garlic you can use more or less, to taste
- 1 can 14 oz., whole tomatoes I use my canned tomatoes
- 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh basil 2 tsp if using dried
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 8 oz pasta You can use anything you like, spaghetti, angel hair, ravioli, tortellini etc.
- fresh grated parmesan cheese, optional
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350° or turn on grill
- Line baking sheet or pan with tin foil or parchment paper and arrange chicken breat in pan. Drizzle the teaspoon of olive oil on each and brush to coat with pastry brush. The oil will be enough to coat all side of all the breast. Salt and pepper both sides.
- Chicken breast can be grilled until 145° in the center or baked in the oven until 145° internal temperature. About 15 minutes. When done they can be put on a plate to rest and covered with foil
- While chicken breasts are cooking, start 8 cups of water in large pot, boiling for pasta
- Heat 2 tbsp., olive oil in a large saute pan, when medium hot, add garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add the can of whole tomatoes and minced basil. Simmer and stir occasionally. Use side of wooden spoon to break up the tomatoes into smaller pieces. Keep warm until ready to serve
- When pasta is done, drain. Slice the chicken breast in bite size slices. Top the pasta with chicken and tomato sauce.
- Top with a little parmesan cheese, if desired
Notes
Nutrition
This is a go-to meal that can be made when you have nothing planned, which happens even with meal planning. It also works on nights where you have a recipe that is more time-consuming planned and you’re just not feeling up to it. We all have those days.
There are only a few main ingredients and clean-up is fast and incredibly easy.
Who doesn’t appreciate an easy meal, especially one that is really tasty and seems fancy? This one fits the bill!
More Easy Chicken Recipe
We eat a lot of chicken so I’m always trying out new Chicken Recipes.
Here are some of my favorites:
- Chicken Ceasar Salad
- Herb Roasted Bone-In Chicken Breasts,
- Chicken Marsala
- Juiciest Whole Roasted Chicken
- Cast Iron Skillet Chicken with Potatoes
- Chicken Pot Pie
- Chicken Noodle Soup
Enjoy
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Sounds so good!
It is good and so simple. I can have dinner on the table in 20 minutes with this one. (as long as I remember to thaw the chicken) 🙂
This looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing one of my recipes in your post.
We eat a lot of chicken so I’m always looking for new recipes. Thank you so much for the kind comments and it is my pleasure to pass on other great recipes.
So many wonderful chicken recipes, I am working on trying them ALL.
Thank you for including my recipe in the post <3
xo
We eat a lot of chicken so I’m always looking for new recipes. We have to make getting together a priority!
This is an excellent go to easy meal! Thanks for sharing it Lynne.
So easy! Thanks for being a loyal reader!