Chicken With Garden Vegetable Ratatouille Food

ONE POT CHICKEN RATATOUILLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Start by heating up oil in large saucepan. Add chicken, season with salt and pepper and cook until no longer pink.
• Add 1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning and cook for 2 more minutes. This way you chicken will be flavorful. Remove onto a plate and set aside.
• Heat up more oil in pan, add garlic and onion and saute until the onion is almost translucent.
• Add zucchini, eggplant and chopped tomatoes. Season with Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Cook until tender.
• Add crushed tomatoes, chicken broth and cooked chicken, stir well and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.

ROASTED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees with rack in upper third. In a large straight-sided ovenproof skillet, heat 1/4 cup oil over medium-high. Add eggplant and cook, stirring frequently, until just beginning to brown, about 4 minutes. Add zucchini, garlic, and remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Cook, stirring, until garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in tomatoes and thyme; season with salt and pepper.
• Season chicken on both sides with salt and pepper and rub with oil. Add to skillet, skin-side up, and roast in oven until chicken is cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes. Turn oven to broil and continue to cook until skin is golden brown and juices are bubbly, 1 to 2 minutes more. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

CHICKEN RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and onion; saute until chicken is still slightly pink in the center, 3 to 5 minutes. Add yellow squash, green zucchini, red bell pepper, and mushrooms. Cook and stir until slightly softened, about 4 minutes. Add garlic; cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 3 minutes more.
• Pour chicken stock into skillet and add tomato paste. Stir in herbes de Provence, cumin, oregano, and celery salt. Stir well. Continue to cook and stir, adding more liquid if necessary, until vegetables are cooked to your preference, 4 to 8 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper.

CHICKEN WITH RATATOUILLE

Steps:

• Wash and dry chicken breasts. Sprinkle with pepper.
• Heat oil in skillet and saute chicken over medium heat until breasts are browned on both sides.
• Spread half of the ratatouille on the bottom of two shallow baking dishes; top with chicken breasts. Top breasts with remaining ratatouille, covering well. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Wrap dishes well with double thickness of aluminum foil and freeze or refrigerate.
• To serve, defrost if frozen. If serving 4, transfer ratatouille and chicken to one shallow baking dish and cook, covered, on top of the stove over medium-low heat for 20 to 25 minutes. (If only 2 servings are desired, cook in original baking dish.) If desired, run dish under broiler to brown cheese.
• While chicken is cooking, cook macaroni according to package directions.