Best Italian Style Chicken W Tomatoes Squashes Recipes

ITALIAN CHICKEN PESTO WITH SPAGHETTI SQUASH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sprinkle squash with Italian seasoning and place upside-down on a rimmed baking tray. Add about 1 inch of water.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes; strands of squash should easily pull away when scraped with a fork.
• Heat a large skillet or wok over medium heat. Cook and stir sausage, uncovered, in the hot skillet until mostly browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes. Stir in broccoli and bell pepper. Reduce heat to low and add squash strands. Sprinkle basil, rosemary, and Italian seasoning, on top and drizzle with olive oil. Stir in 2 big spoonfuls of pesto, adding more to taste, followed by sun-dried tomatoes. Let simmer over low heat for 2 to 5 minutes. Serve.

CHICKEN WITH SPAGHETTI SQUASH AND FIRE-ROASTED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place spaghetti squash cut-side down in a nonstick baking pan.
• Bake spaghetti squash in the preheated oven until tender when pierced with a fork, about 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack; cool until easily handled.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion softens, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in chicken breasts, tomatoes with juice, Italian seasoning, and paprika; cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat; spoon out excess liquid.
• Scrape squash flesh into spaghetti strands using a fork. Stir squash strands into the skillet. Fold in remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil with a spatula. Season with salt and pepper. Serve in a pasta bowl garnished with Parmesan cheese and oregano.

CHICKEN & SQUASH CACCIATORE, MUSHROOMS, TOMATOES, OLIVES, BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Peel the onion and cut into eights, trim, wash, and slice the leek, peel and slice the garlic. Place a large ovenproof casserole pan over medium heat. Finely slice the pancetta, pick and finely chop the rosemary leaves, then place both in the pan with 1 tablespoon of oil and the bay leaves. Stir regularly for 2 minutes, then add the garlic, followed by the onion and leek. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring regularly.
• Meanwhile, chop the squash or sweet potato (wash first) into bite-sized chunks, leaving the skin on and discarding any squash seeds. I like to cut the stalk and face off the mushrooms because it looks nice-just add the trimmings straight to the pan, along with the whole mushrooms and chopped squash or sweet potato. Remove and discard the chicken skin and add the chicken to the pan. Pour in the wine and let it reduce slightly, then add the tomatoes and break them up with a wooden spoon. Half-fill each can with water, swirl about, pour into the pan, and mix it all together. Pit the olives, then poke them into the stew. Bring to a gentle simmer, then transfer to the oven to cook for 1 hour, or until thick, delicious, the chicken falls off the bone, and the squash or sweet potato is lovely and tender. Season to perfection, then serve with bread to mop up that tasty sauce.

ITALIAN-STYLE CHICKEN W/ TOMATOES & SQUASHES

Steps:

• 1. Cook spaghetti,, after snapping the pasta in half, ( or small pieces,) drain, place in bowl w/ a drizzle of olive oil, set aside and cover.
• 2. In a large pot or skillet, heat 1 tbsp olive oil over medium heat. Sprinkle the squashes and diced Roma tomatoes w/ just a pinch of sea salt and pepper. Loosen skin on chicken and season w/ remaining sea salt & pepper. Then add all herbs and spices except Parsley to the chicken by rubbing it into chicken, under the skin. Add the Roma tomatoes and squash to skillet & saute for a minute or 2. Remove to a plate & add chicken to skillet, increase heat to med-high. Cook chicken on both sides 5 mins each side. Add the squash mix back to skillet w/ chicken.
• 3. Add the undrained can of Italian-style diced tomatoes to skillet, pouring it over all ingredients. Reduce heat to medium and cover the skillet w/ a lid. Let cook another 15-20 minsutes, stirring every so often, until juices run clear in chicken. Spoon cooked spaghetti into bowls & then place 1 chicken thigh, skin removed ,on top of pasta. Spoon tomato and squash mix over chicken & pasta. Sprinkle parsley over each bowl and serve