How To Make Chicken Breast With Mozzarella Cheese
Complete your dinner with this filling baked chicken breast rubbed with flavorful garlic and herbs dripping with creamy mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4chicken breasts
- 2tbspolive oil
- ½tspdried oregano
- ½tspdried basil
- 1tspsalt
- Cracked black pepper,to taste
- 1½tbspminced garlic,or 6 cloves garlic
- 2cupsgrape ,or cherry tomatoes, halved
- ¼red onion,peeled and sliced
- ¼cupbalsamic vinegar
- 1tbsppacked brown sugar
- ¾cupMozzarella Cheese,freshly shredded
- 2tbspfresh chopped parsley,or basil, to garnish
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 430 degrees F.
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Place chicken breasts in a baking dish and drizzle with olive oil. Season with oregano, basil, salt, pepper, and 1 tablespoon of minced garlic. Rub seasoning all over each breast. Arrange the tomatoes and red onion around the chicken in the dish.
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Whisk together the balsamic vinegar, sugar, and remaining garlic in a jug to combine. Pour over the chicken breasts, flip each breast in the sauce to evenly coat.
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Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes or depending on the thickness of your chicken breasts, or until no longer pink in the middle. Sprinkle with cheese and broil or grill for 4 to 5 minutes, or until cheese is melted and golden.
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Garnish with parsley, and serve with rice or pasta drizzled with the pan juices.
Nutrition
- Calories: 604.73kcal
- Fat: 35.05g
- Saturated Fat: 13.21g
- Trans Fat: 0.18g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 15.02g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.56g
- Carbohydrates: 23.64g
- Fiber: 1.29g
- Sugar: 18.29g
- Protein: 47.91g
- Cholesterol: 154.73mg
- Sodium: 787.13mg
- Calcium: 332.94mg
- Potassium: 638.21mg
- Iron: 2.25mg
- Vitamin A: 148.43µg
- Vitamin C: 6.52mg
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