Sauteed Chicken Breasts With Tomato Olive Butter Sauce Recipes

CHICKEN BREAST WITH TOMATO OLIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix basil, garlic powder, thyme and pepper and rub into both sides of chicken. Cover and let stand for 30 minutes.
• Melt 2 Tbs. butter and olive oil in a heavy skillet over high heat. Add chicken and saute until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to plate.
• Melt 3 Tbs. butter in heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute until softened.
• Add garlic and tomatoes and cook 2 minutes.
• Add olives and cook 5 minutes more, stirring frequently.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve over chicken breasts.

SUMMER CHICKEN SAUTé WITH TOMATO-BASIL SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken breast halves with salt and pepper. Add chicken to skillet and cook until golden and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer to plate. Add chopped shallot to same skillet; sauté 30 seconds. Stir in tomatoes, white wine, capers, and caper brine. Boil until tomatoes release juices, about 4 minutes. Stir in chopped basil. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Return chicken to skillet. Cook until warmed through, spooning sauce over chicken, about 1 minute. Transfer chicken with sauce to 2 plates.

SAUTEED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Wash and trim chicken breasts.
• Heat oil and butter in frying pan.
• Brown chicken on both sides.
• Remove from pan.
• Add thyme, salt, pepper and onion to pan and cook about 2 minutes.
• Add broth and mix well.
• Return chicken to pan and cook covered for 15 minutes or until done.
• Remove chicken to serving plate, keep warm.
• Add the minced garlic and reduce the sauce by one half.
• Add red pepper flakes and pour over chicken or pour into smaller dipping bowls.

TOMATO CHICKEN SAUTE

Steps:

• Pound the chicken flat to achieve an even layer and to promote even cooking.
• Dredge in flour with salt and pepper to taste.
• Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the clarified butter and heat through. Saute the breasts in the butter, browning them on both sides. Remove the breasts from the pan and hold in a warm place.
• Add the onions to the pan and saute until translucent. Add the garlic and saute for 1 minute.
• Deglaze the pan with the white wine and lemon juice, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
• Add the tomato and chicken stock. Simmer to combine the flavors; reduce the sauce to the desired consistency.
• Add the basil to the sauce and return the chicken breasts for reheating. Adjust the seasonings and serve chicken breasts with a portion of the sauce.

PAN-FRIED CHICKEN WITH TOMATO & OLIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan, then season the chicken and fry, flattest-side down, for 4-5 mins. Turn the chicken over, add the onion and cook 4-5 mins more. Lift the chicken from the pan and set aside. Add the garlic to the pan, then continue cooking until the onions are soft.
• Tip in the tomatoes with the balsamic vinegar, olives, stock, half the basil and seasoning, then simmer, stirring frequently, for 7-8 mins until pulpy. Return the chicken and any juices to the pan and gently simmer, covered, for 5 mins more, to cook the chicken through. Serve scattered with the rest of the basil.

CHICKEN SAUTE IN TOMATO-VINEGAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tblsp oil in large saucepan over low heat.
• Add garlic and saute 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and reserved juice, stock, vinegar and bay leaf.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer gently until reduced to sauce consistency, about 25 minutes (can be prepared 1 day ahead).
• Cut each breast in half cross-wise.
• Season with rosemary and salt and pepper.
• Heat remaining 2 tblsps of oil in large skillet over medium heat.
• Add chicken, skin side down.
• Saute until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.
• Transfer to platter; keep warm.
• Add sauce to same skillet and bring to simmer, scraping up any browned bits.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Mix in butter, whisking, 1 piece at a time.
• Stir in parsley.
• Taste sauce and adjust seasoning, adding more vinegar if a sharper flavour is desired.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Spoon sauce over chicken.
• Serve with rice.

SAUTEED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH TOMATO-OLIVE-BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• For chicken: Mix oregano, garlic powder, cayenne and black pepper in a small bowl.
• Rub spice mixture on both sides of chicken breasts.
• Cover and let stand 30 minutes.
• Melt butter with olive oil in large skillet over high heat.
• Add chicken and saute until golden-brown and just springy to touch, about 5 minutes per side.
• Transfer chicken to large platter, tent with foil to keep warm.
• For sauce: Melt 3 tblsps butter in medium skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and saute until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic and tomatoes and saute 2 minutes.
• Add stock and olives and cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Pour any juices accumulated in platter with chicken into sauce.
• Mix in chilled butter, a bit at a time, whisking, just until blended into sauce and sauce is glossy.
• Season.
• Spoon over chicken,.