Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Chicken Food

SKILLET CHICKEN IN CREAMY SUN DRIED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add chicken and cook for 5-7 minutes on each side until browned and cooked through. Transfer to a platter and cover to keep warm while you make the sauce.
• Add garlic, Italian seasoning, sun dried tomatoes, chicken broth, half and half or heavy cream, and 2/3 cup parmesan cheese to pan and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, and continue to stir periodically until thickened and creamy (5-7 minutes).
• Return chicken to pan and spoon the sauce over the chicken. Top with cracked black pepper, grated parmesan cheese, fresh thyme or basil, and serve.

CHICKEN WITH CREAMY SUN DRIED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Breast: Cut chicken in half horiztonally to form 2 thin steaks.
• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil from sun dried tomat jar in a large skillet over high heat.
• Add the chicken and cook until golden brown on both sides - 6 minutes total for thigh or 4 minutes for breast. Remove onto a plate, keep warm.
• Add the garlic and cook for 15 seconds until light golden.
• Add wine. Bring to simmer and scrape the bottom of the skillet to mix all the brown bits into the wine.
• Let the wine simmer for 1 minute or so until the smell of alcohol is gone which means it has evaporated.
• Mix in mustard, then add the chicken broth, cream, parmesan and sun dried tomatoes.
• Bring to simmer, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes until thickened. Stir regularly to dissolve parmesan cheese.
• Taste sauce and add more salt and pepper if needed.
• Stir through basil leaves, then return chicken into pan. Spoon sauce over and simmer 1 minute.
• Serve immediately! Great served over mashed potato, Creamy Mashed Cauliflower or pasta. Or serve with bread on the side to mop up sauce!

CHICKEN WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Pat dry chicken and season with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a heavy skillet over moderately high heat and brown chicken, turning once, for about 6 minutes (chicken will not be completely cooked at this point).
• Transfer chicken to a plate.
• Add garlic, tomatoes and pepper flakes to the skillet and saute until garlic is pale gold, approximately 1 minute.
• Add broth, cover, and bring to a boil.
• Add chicken to skillet, cover and simmer for 4-5 minutes (until cooked through).
• Transfer chicken to a platter with tongs and keep warm. Loosely cover with foil.
• Stir cream and 2 tbsp basil into sauce in skillet and bring to a simmer.
• Transfer sauce to a heatproof bowl and puree with a hand blender.
• Add water if necessary to reach desired consistency.
• Season sauce with salt and pepper.
• Serve chicken with sauce on top and sprinkle each cutlet with 2 tablespoons basil.

CHICKEN WITH CREAMY SUN-DRIED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry and season with salt and black pepper.
• Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown chicken, turning once, about 6 minutes total.
• (Chicken will not be cooked through.) Transfer with tongs to a plate.
• Add garlic, tomatoes, and red pepper flakes to skillet and sauté, stirring, until garlic is pale golden, about 1 minute.
• Add wine and boil, stirring and scraping up brown bits, until reduced by half, about 1 minute.
• Add chicken broth and bring to a boil, covered.
• Add chicken to skillet with any juices accumulated on plate and simmer, covered, until just cooked through, 3 minutes approximately.
• Transfer chicken with tongs to a platter and keep warm, loosely covered with foil.
• Stir cream and 2 tablespoons basil into sauce in skillet and bring just to a simmer.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve sauce over chicken and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons basil.

CHICKEN BREASTS IN SUN-DRIED TOMATO CREAM

Steps:

• Heat sun-dried tomato oil over medium-high heat.
• Sauté chicken in oil 8 minutes, turning once, until browned and cooked though.
• Transfer to a plate.
• To skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat.
• Add mushrooms and saute until they are lightly browned and have released most of their liquid.
• Add garlic and cook 30 seconds.
• Stir in flour and cook 1 minute.
• Stir in broth, cream, tomatoes, thyme, salt, pepper flakes and mushrooms.
• Bring to boil and cook 1 minute.
• Add chicken just to heat through.
• Note: Two TBSP of sun-dried tomato slivers is equal to about 4 sun-dried tomato halves.
• Buy sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil.
• They come pre-seasoned.
• They cut into slivers easily with a kitchen scissors.
• I also like to flatten chicken breasts with a mallet or rolling pin to help cook more evenly.