Chicken Mozzarella
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 6 chicken fillets
- 1 can tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed (more or less according to taste!)
- 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1⁄2 - 3⁄4 cup white wine
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 water
- 6 slices mozzarella cheese
- olive oil or butter (for frying chicken)
directions
- Coat the chicken fillets with beaten egg (well seasoned), and bread crumbs.
- Repeat this process (coating each fillet twice).
- Fry the crumbed chicken gently in oil or butter, or in mixture of both, until golden on both sides.
- Drain on absorbent kitchen paper towels and place in baking dish in a single layer.
- Meanwhile, empty can of tomatoes (including juice) into a saucepan.
- Press down with a potato masher (or similar) to break up the pieces of tomato.
- Add tomato paste, crushed garlic, herbs, wine and water.
- Simmer gently for about 10 minutes- until reduced to a rich sauce.
- Place spoonfuls over each fillet, ensuring that you reserve a couple of tablespoons of the sauce for serving.
- Place a thick slice of Mozzarella cheese on each portion and bake in moderate oven for about 20 minutes' Add a little water to the remaining tomato sauce-creating a small amount of thin tomato'gravy'.
- Serve with boiled and buttered noodles and vegetables such as zuccinnis and carrots or a crisp salad.
- A VARIATION to this easy recipe is to use chicken breasts instead of fillets and making a slit through the centre of each one, stuff with a mixture made up of cooked and chopped spinach, finely chopped onion and crumbled Feta cheese.
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Reviews
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WOW!!!!! This was Delicious and Easy!!!!!The sauce was amazing!!! Next time I might add just a pinch of sugar to the sauce. I didn't have bread crumbs and used dry stuffing, this added a nice added flavor. I also added 1/2lb of boiled ham on top of the chicken fillets before adding the cheese. Definite Keeper!!!!!!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Karin...
Wellington
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