Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken caprese. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chicken Caprese is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chicken Caprese is something which I have loved my whole life.
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. Start marinating in the morning and finish cooking when you get home.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chicken caprese using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Caprese:
- Take 4 small boneless chicken thighs
- Get 1 packages (4oz) buffalo milk mozzarella ball, sliced
- Take 1 beefsteak tomatoes, sliced
- Prepare 1/2 cup Italian dressing
- Take 1 tsp paprika
- Make ready 1 salt to taste
- Make ready 1 pepper to taste
- Get 1 basil to garnish
- Make ready 2/3 cup balsamic vinegar
For more caprese-inspired recipes, try my Chicken and Spiralized Zucchini Caprese, and French Bread Pizza Caprese. This caprese chicken is topped with a balsamic glaze, which is very different than regular old balsamic vinegar. Baked Caprese Chicken with Italian seasoned chicken breast, sweet oven roasted tomatoes, savory balsamic vinegar, and melted mozzarella cheese. Picture this: juicy fresh tomato slices along with sun dried tomato strips, fresh basil leaves and melted mozzarella cheese, are stuffed inside chicken breasts; then the chicken is seasoned with salt, pepper basil, oregano AND sun dried tomato oil.
Steps to make Chicken Caprese:
- Place chicken in a Ziploc bag with Italian dressing and paprika, let marinate for at least 30 minutes
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- Reduce balsamic vinegar in pan on low to medium heat until it thickens to syrupy consistency
- Bake chicken for about 12 to 15 minutes until no longer pink inside
- Plate chicken first, topping it with the tomatoes, then milk mozzarella, then basil, and finish it with the balsamic reduction.
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Enjoy!
This Baked Chicken Caprese recipe is a quick and easy weeknight dinner made with chicken, fresh mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, basil and a balsamic reduction. Everyone loves easy chicken recipes, am I right? An easy & healthy chicken recipe with oven-baked chicken, tomatoes and cheese. I have to say, the cherry tomatoes are the most perfect sweet-tart compliment to this cheesy chicken. There's nothing I enjoy more than a Caprese salad.
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