Bring the Mediterranean to your table with this simple chicken dish. Tomatoes, tapenade and basil come together in this quick dinner.
Easy Mediterranean Chicken
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (5 oz each)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved (about 10 oz)
- 1/4 cup olive tapenade
Instructions
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Step1Place chicken breasts on sheet of waxed paper. Sprinkle 1/8 teaspoon of the salt evenly over chicken breasts; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the basil; press lightly. Turn chicken breasts over. Sprinkle remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt over chicken; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons basil. Cover with another sheet of waxed paper. Pound chicken with rolling pin or meat mallet to 1/2-inch thickness.
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Step2In 12-inch skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken breasts. Cook 5 to 6 minutes on each side or until golden brown on outside and no longer pink in center. Remove chicken to plate; cover to keep warm.
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Step3Return skillet to medium-high heat. Add tomatoes and tapenade to skillet. Cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until tomatoes just begin to soften and mixture is heated through. Serve tomato mixture over chicken; top with remaining 2 tablespoons basil.
Nutrition
220
Calories
8g
Total Fat
32g
Protein
3g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 220
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 90mg
- 29%
- Sodium
- 240mg
- 10%
- Potassium
- 440mg
- 12%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 3g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 32g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 8%
- 8%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 4 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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