Easy Chicken in Creamy Tomato Sauce and Pasta Recipe - EatSimpleFood com

Recipe: https://eatsimplefood.com/easy-chicke... This easy chicken breast with creamy tomato sauce recipe is simple, fast, and delicious. The sauce is made with heavy whipping cream, parmesan cheese, tomato paste and optional herbs or spices. Serve creamy tomato chicken over pasta or rice. In the video, I used pappardelle noodles (egg based wide noodles), but any pasta would work. Try these different shaped pastas: elbow macaroni orzo angel hair spaghetti fettuccini bowties, etc... Chicken with creamy tomato sauce is the ultimate comfort food. Heavy whipping cream is just butter that hasn't been whipped enough. This recipe is almost like butter noodles but more saucey. Ingredients: • 1 ½ Tbsp olive oil, divided • 1 ½ pounds (3) chicken breast, cut in half to make thinner • ½ tsp salt • ½ tsp chicken bouillon powder • ½ tsp dried Italian Seasoning • pinch black pepper • 3 Tbsp tomato paste (try some different flavors like with basil, oregano, or garlic) • 1 cup heavy whipping cream • ½ cup Parmesan cheese • 3 cups pasta or rice, cooked • fresh basil - optional as garnish Instructions: • Cut the 3 chicken breast in half lengthwise to make 6 thin pieces of chicken. • Dry chicken off and sprinkle with salt, pepper, chicken bouillon powder, and Italian seasoning. • Bring a 12" skillet to medium high heat and enough olive oil to lightly cover the bottom of the pan. • Sear chicken on 1rst side for ~ 3 minutes or until lightly browned. • Flip chicken and cook on 2nd side for ~ 1 minute. Set chicken aside - it is not cooked through at this point. Add chicken to pan in batches if necessary to avoid overcrowding and to get a nice sear. • To the same pan: add tomato paste with a touch of olive oil (~ 1 ½ tsp) and slowly stir in heavy whipping cream to the tomato paste. • Bring to a simmer and add the chicken breast back to pan. Cook 4 minutes covered. • Serve over cooked pasta. Add salt to taste and add basil garnish if desired. Troubleshooting Creamy Tomato Chicken This recipe is so easy that it's pretty hard to mess up! Creamy Tomato Sauce too thick? Add a little water or chicken broth to thin it out. FYI - Leftovers will be thick but should loosen up once warmed up. Use Heavy Whipping Cream In The Sauce Repeat - Use only heavy whipping cream in the sauce. Lower fat creams or milks will separate the fat from the liquid and appear oily. This is called a broken sauce. Variations on Creamy Tomato Sauce For Pasta Pick a flavored tomato paste - get one with flavors like basil, oregano, or garlic Add favorite dry or fresh herbs or spices - basil, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage. Cook fresh onions, garlic, or sliced mushrooms before adding the tomato paste and heavy whipping cream Make soup! Add chicken broth and add elbow or orzo pasta and a couple diced vegetables.