Best Chicken Breasts With Tomato Red Pepper And Thyme Recipes

EASY CHICKEN IN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat large skillet on medium high heat.
• While skillet heats, rub chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper.
• Place prepared chicken into skillet and do not touch for 3-4 minutes or until chicken releases easily from the pan and forms a nice crust.
• Remove seared to chicken and set aside. (the chicken will not be fully cooked but will continue to cook in the tomato sauce later).
• Reduce heat of skillet to medium. Add one tablespoon of olive oil. Add onion and saute until translucence. 3-4 minutes. Add chopped garlic and cook an additional minutes.
• Add crushed tomatoes, drained diced roasted tomatoes, heavy cream and italian seasoning to skillet. Bring to a simmer. Add chicken back to pan and simmer for 20 minutes or until chicken reaches 165 degrees.
• Prepare pasta or rice according to package directions and serve with sauce and chicken. Sprinkle with grated parmesan if desired.

SAUTEED CHICKEN WITH TOMATO, THYME & WHITE WINE VINEGAR

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 200 degrees.
• Slice each chicken breast in half to form thin cutlets (easier if frozen for 10-15 minutes).
• Season both sides of each cutlet with salt and pepper.
• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat until smoking; place 4 cutlets in skillet and cook without moving them until browned, about 2 minutes.
• Flip cutlets and continue to cook until second sides are opaque, 15 to 20 seconds.
• Transfer to large heatproof plate.
• Add 2 teaspoons oil to now-empty skillet and repeat to cook remaining cutlets. Cover plate loosely with foil and transfer to oven to keep warm while making sauce.
• Remove skillet from burner. Add 2 teaspoons oil, shallot, and tomato paste to hot skillet; using residual heat, cook, stirring constantly until softened, about 30 seconds.
• Set skillet over medium-high heat and add chicken broth, vinegar, light brown sugar, and thyme; bring to simmer, scraping pan bottom to loosen browned bits.
• Simmer until reduced to 1/2 cup, 6 to 7 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Whisk in butter 1 tablespoon at a time. Adjust seasonings with salt and pepper; serve immediately with cutlets.

SAUTEED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TOMATO AND THYME

Steps:

• Heat oil in sautee pan (preferably not non-stick) over med-high heat.
• Cover chicken with plastic wrap and flatten with heavy pan or meat hammer, then season with Salt and pepper on both sides.
• Place chicken in hot pan cook approx 4-5 minutes per side until golden brown and juices run clear.
• Move chicken from pan to platter and cover with foil to keep warm. Leave pan on heat.
• Lower heat to Medium. Add garlic and onion to hot pan and cook for about 30 seconds, DO NOT CARMALIZE!
• Stir in diced tomato, basil, thyme, chicken broth and wine.
• Turn heat back up to med-high and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced about half.
• Spoon over chicken while still hot and serve.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH ROSEMARY AND THYME

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°.
• Press a rosemary and thyme sprig on each chicken breast.
• Sprinkle the chicken with the crushed red pepper and season with salt and black pepper.
• In a large nonstick, ovenproof skillet, heat the olive oil until shimmering.
• Add the chicken breasts, herb side down, and cook over moderately high heat until lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Season the chicken with salt and black pepper, turn and cook until lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes longer.
• Transfer the skillet to the oven and roast the chicken for 20 minutes, or until the juices run clear when the breast is pierced near the wing joint.
• Transfer the chicken breasts from the skillet to a platter, cover and keep warm.
• Pour off any fat in the skillet and set the skillet over a burner.
• Add the chicken stock and cook over high heat, scraping up any bits stuck to the bottom of the pan.
• Whisk the flour and water mixture into the skillet and boil until slightly thickened, about 1 minute.
• Pour the pan sauce into a bowl and serve with the chicken.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TOMATO, RED PEPPER AND THYME

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Drop the tomatoes in a kettle of boiling water and let them remain for 10 seconds. Drain and peel. Cut them into 1-inch cubes. There should be about 3 cups.
• Heat the oil in a skillet and add the chicken pieces. Cook over medium-high heat until golden brown on one side, about 2 minutes. Turn the chicken pieces and brown for about 1 minute. Add the garlic, onion and red pepper. Cook and stir briefly until the vegetables are wilted. Add the vinegar, chicken broth, tomatoes, olives, bay leaf and 4 sprigs of the thyme. Cover tightly, lower heat and cook, simmering for 15 minutes.
• Uncover and cook 5 minutes more. Remove the bay leaf and thyme sprigs. Serve immediately with the remaining thyme sprigs for garnish.