Baked Caprese Chicken

🧂 Ingredients

• 4 whole chicken breasts

  boneless, skinless
• salt and black pepper

  to taste and freshly ground
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

  extra virgin
• 2 cloves garlic

  minced
• 2 large roma tomatoes or heirloom tomatoes

  sliced
• 8-10 cherry tomatoes

  whole, multi colored
• 8 oz mozzarella cheese

  fresh and sliced
• 1/4 cup basil pesto

  fresh
• 1/4 cup basil

  fresh and chopped
• 2 tbsps balsamic glaze

Instructions

• 1 Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).
• 2 Grease an enamel crock or baking dish with cooking spray.
• 3 Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper on both sides.
• 4 Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and sauté
  for 1-2 minutes, until fragrant.
• 5 Add the chicken breasts to a cast-iron skillet and cook on each side for 3-4
  minutes until browned.Transfer the chicken breasts to the prepared baking dish,
  or if you are using an enamel cast crock like I am, you can leave them in there.
• 6 Slice the Roma or heirloom tomatoes into 1/4-inch slices. Next, thinly slice the
  mozzarella cheese, about 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices.
• 7 Top each chicken breast with tomato slices and fresh cheese. 
• 8 Add a few dollops of fresh basil pesto to the top of the chicken, and then
  sprinkle the cherry tomatoes around the skillet too.
• 9 Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the juicy chicken breast is cooked through, and
  the mozzarella cheese is melted and bubbly. The chicken breast should be golden
  brown with melted mozzarella on top.
• 10 Remove from the oven and sprinkle with chopped fresh basil. Finish this chicken
  caprese recipe with a drizzle of balsamic glaze.

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