Herbed Tomato Chicken Recipes

HERBED CHICKEN & TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cook pasta as directed on package. Drain well. Meanwhile, mix seasonings in shallow dish. Reserve 2 teaspoons. Stir 2 tablespoons of the flour into remaining seasoning mixture in dish. Coat chicken in seasoned flour. Discard any remaining seasoned flour.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in large nonstick skillet on medium heat. Add chicken in batches; cook 2 minutes per side or until golden brown and cooked through. Add additional 1 tablespoon oil as needed. Remove chicken from skillet; keep warm.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in skillet. Add onion; cook and stir 3 minutes or until softened. Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon flour. Add tomatoes, stock and reserved seasoning mixture; bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 minutes. Stir in half-and -half. Return chicken to skillet; cook until heated through. Serve with pasta.

HERB-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH MELTED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Pulse the onion, parsley, cilantro, tarragon, 2 tablespoons dill, the walnuts and garlic in a food processor. Add 3 tablespoons olive oil, the vinegar, 2 teaspoons salt, and pepper to taste; pulse until smooth.
• Stir half of the herb paste with the yogurt in a small bowl; cover and refrigerate.
• Season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper. Loosen the skin with your fingers; rub some of the remaining herb paste under the skin and the rest on the outside of the bird. Truss the chicken. Place in a roasting pan; roast until the skin turns golden, about 30 minutes.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees. Toss the tomatoes with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a bowl; season with salt and pepper. Baste the chicken with the drippings and add the tomatoes, cut-side down, to the pan. Continue roasting until a thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the thigh registers 155 degrees, about 1 hour. Season with salt and pepper; let the chicken rest 10 minutes before carving.
• Arrange the chicken and tomatoes on a platter; sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons dill. Serve with the yogurt sauce.

HERBED CHICKEN TENDERS WITH TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Sauce.
• 1 Heat the olive oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Sauté the onions, stirring often, until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook another minute.
• 2 Add the tomato paste, mix well and cook for 1-2 minutes more. The tomato paste should darken to a brick-red color.
• 3 Add the tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes, salt and sugar and bring to a boil. Cook this for 5 minutes if using tomato sauce, 10 minutes if using crushed tomatoes.
• 4 Put the sauce into a blender and purée until smooth. Hold your hand over the blender lid to keep it from popping off, and start the blender at a low setting and work up to the highest.
• The sauce will keep in the fridge for up to a week.
• The Tenders.
• 1 Soak tenders in buttermilk for 15-30 minutes. While the tenders are soaking, make the sauce (see sauce directions above).
• 2 Mix together the breadcrumbs, Italian seasoning, and salt in a shallow bowl.
• 3 Heat oven to 500°F Line a roasting pan with foil. Brush the top of the foil with vegetable oil to help prevent sticking, or use a Silpat sheet. One by one, remove the chicken tenders from the buttermilk and place in the bowl with breadcrumbs, coating them on all sides with the breadcrumbs. Place on the roasting pan.
• 4 Drizzle a little melted butter over each chicken tender. Place in the oven and bake for about 12 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through, and the pieces are lightly browned.
• Serve with a bowl of the sauce for dipping.

HERBED CHICKEN AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• 1. Cook the pasta according to package directions; drain well. Mix the seasonings in a shallow dish. Reserve 2 tsp. Stir 2 Tbsp. flour into remaining seasoning mixture in dish. Coat the chicken in seasoned flour; discard any remaining seasoned flour.
• 2. In a large skillet, heat oil on medium heat and add the chicken in batches. Cook for 5 minutes on each side or until golden brown and cooked through. Add additional 1 Tbsp. oil as needed. Remove chicken from skillet and keep warm.
• 3. Heat the remaining 1 Tbsp. oil in skillet. Add onion; cook and stir for 3 minutes or until softened. Stir in 1 Tbsp. flour. Add tomatoes, stock and reserved seasoning mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the half-and-half. Return chicken to skillet. Cook until heated through. Serve over pasta.

HERBED BALSAMIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whisk together all ingredients except chicken. In a bowl, toss chicken with 1/3 cup vinegar mixture; let stand 10 minutes., Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from heat until a thermometer reads 170°, 6-8 minutes per side. Drizzle with remaining vinegar mixture before serving.