Recipe: Perfect Chicken breasts in Sun dried tomato cream sauce

Chicken breasts in Sun dried tomato cream sauce. Made the Chicken with Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce last week for my husband and me, and it was amazing! We like a lot of sauce, so my only change was to halve the amount of chicken for the full amount of sauce. Served with a wild rice/quinoa blend so it soaked up all the great sauce.

There is enough sauce in this recipe to serve over pasta. I usually prep the sauce ingredients which the chicken is browning, so there's really not much extra prep time. How to cook chicken breasts in a skillet on stove top: Note: if using sun-dried tomatoes in oil (in a jar), make sure to drain sun-dried tomatoes from oil, before using them. You can have Chicken breasts in Sun dried tomato cream sauce using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken breasts in Sun dried tomato cream sauce

1. It's 2 of chicken breasts; halved.
2. You need 1 jar of sun dried tomatos in oil.
3. You need 2 tbsp of olive oil.
4. Prepare 2 tsp of salt.
5. Prepare 2 tsp of paprika.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of basil.
7. It's 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.
8. It's 1 cup of heavy cream.
9. It's 1 cup of milk.
10. Prepare 8 strips of bacon; cooked.
11. You need 1/2 cup of diced green onion.
12. It's 1 tsp of red pepper flakes.
13. You need 4 of garlic cloves; minced.
14. It's 1 tsp of black pepper.

Wait, what about the sun dried tomato cream sauce? The creamy sun dried tomato deliciousness happens after the chicken is cooked! Remove chicken from skillet and cover. Chicken and Bacon with Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce - delicious chicken breasts topped with bacon and smothered in a creamy sauce.

Chicken breasts in Sun dried tomato cream sauce step by step

1. Cook bacon accordingly, set aside to cool. Drain oil from the sun dried tomato jar but DO NOT throw away. Set oil aside..
2. In a large frying pan add olive oil, garlic & drained sun dried tomatos. Cook until garlic is fragrant. Then remove garlic & sundried tomatos leaving as much oil as possible in pan. Set cooked garlic & sun dried tomatos aside to add later..
3. Now salt & sprinkle paprika onto your chicken breasts. Add your halved chicken breasts to the same pan in the same oil. Add the oil from the sun dried tomato jar also. Cook chicken 5 mins on each side until no longer pink in the center. Simmer & cover. Remove pan from heat & let sit for about 10 mins. Remove chicken from pan, set aside. Remove oil & throw away..
4. In the same pan, on medium heat add heavy cream. Once boiling, add mozzarella cheese & whisk until melted, then gradually add milk whisking the whole time until smooth. Then add red pepper flakes, basil & cooked garlic & sun dried tomatos. Then add your chicken back to the pan, simmer to thicken. Top with crumbled bacon & green onions & serve! Great with steamed veggies😉.
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Gluten free, low carb, high protein, KETO friendly recipe. Elegant enough for date night, quick and easy enough for a weeknight dinner. Sure to be a family favorite! Serve with zucchini noodles, veggies or a salad for a low-carb protein packed lunch or dinner! Add sun-dried tomatoes and shallots to the pan.

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