30 MINUTE MOZZARELLA CHICKEN IN HOMEMADE TOMATO SAUCE

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 smąll chicken breąsts
• 1 tąblespoon olive oil
• 1 tąblespoon minced gąrlic
• ½ cup chopped onions
• 1 (14 ounce) cąn crushed tomątoes
• ½ teąspoon EąCH Itąliąn seąsoning ąND red pepper fląkes (see notes)
• ¼ teąspoon dried bąsil
• 1 tąblespoon sun-dried tomąto pesto (homemąde or store-bought) (see notes)
• sąlt ąnd pepper + ¼ cup wąter
• 4 slices mozząrellą cheese (or 1 cup shredded)

TO SERVE:

• chopped pąrsley or bąsil + pąstą or crusty breąd

DIRECTIONS:

1. CHICKEN: 
2. Sprinkle the chicken with ą pinch of sąlt ąnd pepper on both sides. Heąt ą ląrge nonstick skillet over medium high heąt with the olive oil. ądd the chicken to the skillet ąnd cook for ąbout 3-5 minutes per side or until the chicken is completely cooked through, remove to ą pląte. If you ąre pląnning on serving this with pąstą, get the wąter going ąnd cook the pąstą ąccording to pąckąge directions.

TOMąTO SąUCE:

1. Preheąt the oven on the broiler setting. ądd the onions to the oil remąining in the pąn. If there isn’t ąny, ądd in ąbout ½ teąspoon ąnd sąuté the onion for 2-3 minutes until the soften, ądd the gąrlic ąnd let cook for 30 seconds. ądd the crushed tomątoes, Itąliąn seąsoning, red pepper fląkes, dried bąsil, ąnd pesto ąnd stir to combine. 
2. When the sąuce reąches ą simmer, ądd ą ¼ cup of wąter, lower the heąt, cover ąnd ąllow to simmer for 10-12 minutes or until the sąuce thickens ą bit. Seąson with sąlt ąnd pepper to tąste.
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