Baked Caprese Chicken Recipe
This Baked Caprese Chicken recipe is both, delightful and super easy to make! Tender chicken breast baked together with fresh tomatoes and mozzarella as a one pan caprese chicken dish.
Equipment
- 1 cast-iron skillet casserole baking dish
- 1 medium pot or rice cooker
- 1 frying pan if not using an iron skillet for baking
Ingredients
The Marinade
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 clove grated garlic
For the Chicken Caprese
- 4 chicken breasts one chicken breast per person
- 1-2 ball Mozzarella
- 400 grams cherry tomatoes
- 1 tomato
Instructions
Marinating the Chicken Breasts
- Mix together olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey, salt & pepper, italian seasoning as well as grated garlic.3 tbsp olive oil, 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 2 tsp salt, 1 pinch pepper, 1 tsp honey, 1 clove grated garlic, 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- put the chicken breasts in a bowl or container and pour over the marinade. Mix well together and marinate for 2-3 hours if possible.4 chicken breasts
Preparing the Tomatoes & Mozzarella
- wash the cherry tomatoes and pinch them with a knife. This helps the juice coming out of the cherry tomatoes quicker when roasting in the oven. You can also half some of them if you will.400 grams cherry tomatoes
- Cut the regular tomato so as the mozzarella into thin slices.1-2 ball Mozzarella, 1 tomato
Roasting the Chicken Breasts
- Preheat the oven to 210°C / 410°F
- If you have a cast-iron skillet, you can make the whole dish in the same pan. Otherwise just use a regular frying pan here.Put the pan on high heat on the stove and fry the chicken breasts for 1-2 minutes each side. After that, turn off the heat.If you use the cast-iron skillet, add the cherry tomatoes and put the finely slices tomato on top of the chicken breasts.If you use a casserole / baking dish instead, put and layer the chicken breasts, cherry tomatoes and tomato slicesin the baking dish.
- Bake the chicken caprese in the oven for about 20 minutes at 210°C / 410°F
- The chicken breasts are ready if they have an inner temperature of 74°C / 165°F or above. You can check that with a meat thermometer.
- When the chicken breasts are ready, add the Mozzarella slices on top of the chicken and broil in the oven until melted.
- garnish with some fresh basil and serve together with a side dish. I like to eat baked chicken caprese together with some rice, as this dish creates a lot of juicy sauce which goes perfect with some fresh rice.
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Notes
This baked caprese chicken recipe is a perfect quick and easy dish for busy weekdays. You can marinate the chicken breasts in the early morning or even the day before. After that, just layer all ingredients together in a cast-iron skillet or casserole baking dish and you're ready with a super delicious Italian chicken dish in less than 30 minutes!
Nutrition
Serving: 200g | Calories: 350kcal
