Sun Dried Tomato Crusted Chicken Food

SUN-DRIED TOMATO PESTO-CRUSTED CHICKEN BREAST OVER CREAMY HERB POLENTA

Steps:

• For the chicken with sun-dried tomato pesto crust:
• For the creamy polenta:
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• For the pesto crust:
• Blend sun-dried tomatoes, garlic cloves and basil leaves in a food processor. Stir in Parmesan and add salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside briefly. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Season chicken breast with pepper only. (The Parmesan in the pesto will provide salt.) Brown both sides of chicken, beginning with skin side first. Coat chicken with pesto and roast in oven for 25 to 35 minutes, or until fork tender.
• For the polenta:
• Combine chicken stock and cream in a large heavy saucepan. Heat to a gentle boil over medium heat, being careful not to burn. While whisking constantly, gradually add the cornmeal in a thin stream. Once cornmeal is incorporated, keep heat low and continue to whisk until mixture is slightly thickened and creamy. Stir in butter and Cheddar and allow cheese to melt. Season with pepper, (and salt if needed). Spoon polenta onto serving plate, top with chicken breast and garnish with chopped scallions.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATO AND GARLIC CRUST

Steps:

• Combine breadcrumbs, sun-dried tomatoes, 2 tablespoons oil reserved from tomatoes and garlic in processor. Using on/off turns, process until tomatoes are coarsely chopped. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover and chill.)
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons oil reserved from tomatoes in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, skin side down, and cook until skin is crisp and golden, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer chicken, skin side up, to heavy rimmed baking sheet. Spoon breadcrumb mixture atop chicken, dividing equally and pressing to adhere. Bake until chicken is cooked through, about 30 minutes.
• Place chicken on plates and serve.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO STUFFED CHICKEN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400°F, Gas Mark 6 (200°C.)
• Dice the mozzarella and sun-dried tomatoes into small pieces and tear the basil leaves.
• Season the chicken breasts with salt, pepper and dried oregano.
• Cut a very deep slit lengthways into the chicken, but do not cut all the way through - spread it out a bit if necessary to give you more room to work with.
• Stuff to the brim with the fillings
• Use a few cocktail sticks to hold the chicken together and place on a baking tray.
• Pour a tablespoon of the oil from the sun-dried tomatoes jar over each chicken breast.
• Bake in the center of the oven for 20-25 minutes until cooked through and the juices run clear.
• Remove the cocktail sticks.
• Enjoy!

CHICKEN WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATO CREAM SAUCE RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden brown. Drain excess fat and set aside.
• Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in the skillet. Add garlic. Stir until fragrant, then add chicken broth, heavy cream, sun-dried tomatoes, dried oregano, dried thyme, and fresh basil and reduce heat to low. Return chicken to the skillet and baste well.
• Bake at 400˚F (200˚C) for 25 minutes.
• Serve immediately and drizzle remaining broth mix over chicken.
• Enjoy!

CHICKEN BREAST WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Bring 1/2 cup broth to a boil; remove from the heat. Stir in sun-dried tomatoes; let stand for 10 minutes. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute the mushrooms, onion and 1 teaspoon garlic for 1 minute. Stir in the remaining broth; cook 2 minutes longer or until mushrooms are tender. Remove mushroom mixture and set aside., Rub chicken with remaining garlic. In the same skillet, brown chicken in oil for 3 minutes on each side. Stir in tomato mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-12 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Remove chicken; slice and keep warm., In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, basil, salt and pepper. Stir in milk until smooth; add to tomato mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in mushroom mixture. Spoon over chicken. Serve with pasta if desired.

SUN DRIED TOMATO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Season chicken with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Place chicken in a baking dish and cook in preheated oven for about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, fill a small saucepan halfway with water and bring to a boil. Cook sun-dried tomatoes in the boiling water until soft, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove the tomatoes from the water and puree in a food processor until smooth.
• Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic in butter and oil until garlic turns brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the cream of chicken soup and milk. Cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently. Season with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Stir in the pureed tomato and simmer 5 minutes. Add baked chicken breasts to the pan and simmer until chicken is completely cooked through and juices run clear, about 5 minutes.

CHICKEN IN CREAMY SUN-DRIED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir the soup, wine, olives, capers, garlic, artichokes and tomatoes in a 3 1/2-quart slow cooker. Add the chicken and turn to coat.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 7 to 8 hours** or until the chicken is cooked through. Sprinkle with the basil, if desired. Serve with the rice.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion and garlic in butter for 3-4 minutes or until tender. Stir in the tomatoes, wine or broth and lemon juice; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; stir in basil., Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness. Spread each with 1/4 cup tomato mixture to within 1/2 in. of edges. Crumble goat cheese over tomato mixture. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a short side; secure with a toothpick or small metal skewer. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. , Place chicken in an 11x7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until juices run clear. Spoon pan juices over chicken and remove toothpicks before serving.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO CRUSTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Slice each breast in half lengthwise and pound to approximately 1/2 inch thick.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Place the bread crumbs, sun-dried tomatoes and garlic in a food processor and pulse.
• Place flour in shallow bowl.
• Mix eggs and water in a third shallow bowl.
• Dredge both sides of chicken in flour, then egg mixture, then crumb mixture.
• Pat crumb mixture into both sides of chicken and place on a plate.
• Heat oil, in an oven proof skillet, over medium high heat.
• Saute chicken for about 3 minutes on one side, flip it over, then place in oven.
• Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until cooked through, this will depend on how thin you pounded your chicken.
• Let rest for 5 minutes before serving.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO BREADED CHICKEN WITH CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• defrost chicken breasts and cut in half making four equal pieces. I used large chicken breasts for this.
• Next use meat tenderizer and pound to desired thickness.
• Mix breadcrumbs,Romano cheese, Mozzarella cheese, diced sun dried tomatoes, and enough oil or melted butter to moisten mixture. I used both oil and butter for this.
• Coat chicken in breadcrumb mixture and put in a 9X13inch baking dish.
• Heat in medium saucepan over medium heat until throughly combined and warmed through 1/2 cup of milk, cream of chicken soup, swiss cheese, red hot pepper flakes.
• Pour over chicken and bake in 350 degree oven for 40-45 minutes.

CRISPY SUN-DRIED TOMATO CRUSTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whirl tomatoes in food processor until chopped.
• Add next five ingredients, whirl until cornflakes are fine crumbs.
• Pour above mixture into a gallon ziploc bag.
• Flatten chicken with palm of hand and dip both sides of chicken in egg.
• Place one piece of chicken at a time in bag and coat with crumb mixture.
• Bake on lightly greased baking sheet at 400* for 15-20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO AND LEFTOVER CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine ingredients.
• Spoon into 8-inch square baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 30 min. or until heated through.

THE PERFECT ROAST CHICKEN WITH GARLIC AND SUN-DRIED TOMATOES.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Rinse the chicken inside and out with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels.
• Season the cavity of the chicken with salt and pepper and place lemon halves inside. Place the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan. Run your finger under the skin of the breast and thigh to loosen it and then place the sun dried tomatoes, garlic slices and rosemary between the meat and skin. Sprinkle the outside of the chicken with salt, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of the sugar. Turn the chicken so that it is breast-side down on the rack and roast for 30 minutes. Turn the heat down to 350°F Turn the chicken so that it is breast-side up, sprinkle the breast with the remaining sugar and roast for another 30 to 40 minutes or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 160°F Let the chicken rest for 15 minutes.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large skillet until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings from skillet.
• Add chicken to skillet; cook on medium-high heat 2 min. on each side or until browned on both sides. Pour dressing over chicken; sprinkle with basil. Cook on low heat 4 to 5 min. on each side or until done (165ºF).
• Transfer chicken to platter, reserving dressing mixture in skillet; cover chicken to keep warm. Add tomatoes to skillet; stir. Cook on medium-high heat 3 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Stir in bacon; spoon over chicken. Top with cheese.