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Easy Baked Chicken with Tomato Basil Sauce

Are you looking for an incredibly easy chicken breast recipe? This has very few steps and can be on the table in under 30 minutes.

I made this recipe up years ago and we now eat it almost every week.

chicken breast with tomato basil sauce on pasta

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Because I preserve tomatoes, this is one of those recipes that keeps that light summer taste around all year long for us. You can certainly use canned whole tomatoes and it’s just as yummy.

Chicken with Tomato/Basil Sauce

Lynn
Grilled or Baked Chicken Breast with a light tomato basil sauce
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 2 chicken breast, butterflied
  • 1 tsp grapeseed oil
  • salt & pepper
  • 2 tsp grapeseed oil you can use olive oil but I prefer grapeseed because it's better for you when heated up
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic you can use more or less, to taste
  • 2 can 14 oz., whole tomatoes I use my canned tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh basil 2 tsp if using dried
  • salt & pepper, to taste
  • 8 oz pasta You can use anything you like, spaghetti, angel hair, ravioli, tortellini etc.
  • fresh grated parmesan cheese, optional

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven to 350° or turn on grill
  • Line baking sheet or pan with tin foil and arrange chicken breat in pan. Drizzle the teaspoon of grapeseed oil on each and brush to coat with pastry brush. The oil will be enough to coat all side of all the breast. Salt and pepper both sides.
  • Chicken breast can be grilled until 145° in the center or baked in the oven until 145° internal temperature. About 15 minutes. When done they can be put on a plate to rest and covered with foil
  • While chicken breasts are cooking, start 8 cups of water in large pot, boiling for pasta
  • Heat 2 tsp., grapeseed oil in a large saute pan, when medium hot, add garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add the two cans of whole tomatoes and minced basil. Simmer and stir occasionally. Use side of wooden spoon to break up the tomatoes into smaller pieces. Keep warm until ready to serve
  • When pasta is done, drain. Slice the chicken breast in bite size slices. Top the pasta with chicken and tomato sauce.
  • Top with a little parmesan cheese, if desired

Notes

Serve with a side salad and french bread
Keyword 20 Minute Meal, Easy Chicken Recipe, Incredibly Easy, Tomato and Basil

This is a go-to meal that can be made when you have nothing planned, which happens even with meal planning. Or if you have something planned that is a bit more time-consuming and you’re just not feeling up to it. We all have those days.

There are only a few main ingredients and clean-up is fast and incredibly easy.

Who doesn’t appreciate an easy meal, especially one that is really tasty and seems fancy? This one fits the bill!

tomato basil sauce

More Easy Chicken Recipe

We eat a lot of chicken so I’m always trying out new Chicken Recipes.

Here are some of my favorites:

  • Chicken Caesar Salad
  • Herb Roasted Bone-In Chicken Breasts
  • Juciest Whole Roasted Chicken
  • Chicken Marsala

Enjoy,

Meet Me

Created by Lynn Vogeler, Small House Kitchen is a celebration of the joy found in mostly from-scratch cooking and the magic that happens when great ingredients meet limitless imagination. In our small house, we turn simple ingredients into extraordinary meals with big flavors.
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8 Comments

    1. It is good and so simple. I can have dinner on the table in 20 minutes with this one. (as long as I remember to thaw the chicken) 🙂

  1. 5 stars
    This looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing one of my recipes in your post.

    1. We eat a lot of chicken so I’m always looking for new recipes. Thank you so much for the kind comments and it is my pleasure to pass on other great recipes.

  2. So many wonderful chicken recipes, I am working on trying them ALL.
    Thank you for including my recipe in the post <3
    xo

    1. We eat a lot of chicken so I’m always looking for new recipes. We have to make getting together a priority!

    1. So easy! Thanks for being a loyal reader!

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