From Our Kitchen – Chicken with Tomato & Basil Cream Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1&1/4 Cup Chicken Broth
  • Juice from 1 Lemon
  • 2 Cups Whipping Cream
  • 2 Tablespoons of Butter
  • 3/4 Teaspoon of Sea Salt
  • 1/4 Teaspoon of Black Pepper
  • 1/2 Cup grated Parmesan
  • 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil, Divided
  • 3-4 Chicken Breasts, Pounded to an Even Thickness
  • 1/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
  • 2-3 Tomatoes, Sliced Thinly
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, Minced
  • 1&1/2 Teaspoon Dried Basil
  • Salt and Pepper To Taste
  1. Heat oven to 275 degrees.
  2. Bring chicken broth to boil in a sauce pan. Reduce heat to medium/low. Add lemon juice and whipping cream. Heat to a slow simmer. Then add butter, one tablespoon at a time. Lower heat a bit and allow to simmer, wishing occasionally while you cook the chicken.
  3. Heat 1 Tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet on medium/high heat.
  4. Prepare a flour mixture for the chicken by combing your flour, sea salt, and black pepper. Dredge chicken in the flour mixture, shaking extra flour off before placing in the pan. Cook chicken in skillet until cooked through, for 4 to 5 minutes on each side.
  5. Place chicken in an oven safe pan, cover with tin foil, and place in the oven to keep warm.
  6. In the same skillet you cooked the chicken in, add the last tablespoon of olive oil and turn on heat to Medium. Add the tomatoes to the skillet in a single layer with salt and pepper. Let cook until the tomatoes start to disintegrate and caramelize, for about 5 minutes.
  7. Add garlic and stir tomatoes. Continue to cook the tomatoes, stirring occasionally. The tomatoes may stick a little bit, which is a good thing. Turn the heat on low while you finish preparing the chicken and the sauce.
  8. Remove chicken from oven and slice diagonally. Add Chicken slices in with the tomatoes
  9. Add 1/2 Cup parmesan cheese to your cream sauce along with salt and pepper and basil. Stir. When the cheese is melted pour the sauce in with the chicken and tomatoes and lightly stir all of the ingredients together.
  10. Serve over pasta. (I would have used angel hair or linguine. But….. I had a grocery trip fail earlier this week. And, using elbow noodles sounded so much more enjoyable than making a return trip to the grocery store!)

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