Italian Chicken. Remove chicken from bag, discarding remaining marinade. Chicken breasts are marinated in Italian dressing, seared in a hot skillet, and baked with mozzarella cheese and tomato slices. The chicken is topped with fresh basil leaves and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.
Fennel, parsley, rosemary, and garlic are just four of the reasons it's full of flavor. Italian salad dressing mix is like a secret weapon for adding flavor to this creamy chicken dish. Served over rice or pasta, this Italian dressing chicken is rich, delicious and special enough for company. —Maura McGee, Tallahassee, Florida Cook up chicken cacciatore, chicken piccata, chicken parm, and more Italian chicken dinners from Rachael Ray's magazine, Rachael Ray Every Day. You can cook Italian Chicken using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Italian Chicken
- You need 1 lb of boneless skinless chicken.
- You need 1 of red bell pepper cut into chunks.
- Prepare 1 of yellow or green bell pepper also cut into chunks.
- You need 1 of onion, chopped.
- You need 3 of garlic cloves, minced.
- It's 2 tsp of dried basil.
- Prepare 1 tsp of oregano.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of thyme.
- Prepare 1 tsp of sea salt (optional).
- It's 1 of 14.5 oz. can stewed tomatoes.
Dip chicken in melted margarine, then in the seasoning mix in the pie plate. Place in a greased baking dish. This recipe was very easy and good. I did make a couple of changes.
Italian Chicken step by step
- I used a cast iron pot, you can also do this in a crockpot..
- I cut the chicken into chunks and added to the pot with small amount of oil. Cook until no longer see pink..
- Place peppers, onion, garlic on top. Sprinkle the basil, oregano, thyme and sea salt. Pour tomatoes with juice over it all..
- Cook with low flame, lid on until chicken is done and vegetable are soft. I also added a bit of water so it won't dry out. If your doing it in a crockpot on low for 6 hours..
- When done I took out all the meat and veggies leaving the juice, I then added a thickener, once that is done I returned the meat and veggies to heat up. Serve over egg noodles, or your choice..
I felt the cooking time was long for boneless chicken so I cut back. I used the cherry tomatoes but next time will use plum tomatoes seeded and chopped. Proof a killer cream sauce is the way to the heart. Looking for recipes for Italian chicken? Taste of Home has the best Italian chicken recipes from real cooks, featuring reviews, ratings, how-to videos and tips.