Baking, Dessert
Italian Chicken
Golden, crispy chicken, melty mozzarella, and a smooth tomato sauce — this is comfort food with a fresh Italian twist. Served with basil pesto mash and sweet roasted tomatoes, it’s simple, flavour-packed and made for weeknight indulgence.
Ingredients
- 4 chicken fillets butterflied
- Plain flour for dusting
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 150 g breadcrumbs
- Olive oil for shallow frying
- 200 g buffalo mozzarella balls
- 250 g cherry tomatoes on the vine
- Handful rocket leaves
- ½ lemon juiced
Tomato Sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves sliced
- 1 x 400g tin cherry tomatoes
- 1 ½ tsp sugar
- 1 chicken stock pot
- 200 ml water
- 2 tbsp sun-dried tomato pesto
Basil Mash
- 1 kg floury potatoes peeled, chopped
- 75 g butter
- 100 ml warm milk
- 3 tbsp basil pesto
Method
- Make the sauce: cook onion and garlic in oil until soft. Add tomatoes, sugar, stock pot, water and pesto. Simmer 15 mins, blitz until smooth.
- Mash: boil potatoes until tender. Drain, mash with butter, warm milk and basil pesto. Season.
- Chicken: dust fillets in flour, dip in egg, coat in breadcrumbs. Shallow fry in oil until golden. Transfer to a tray, top with mozzarella, add cherry tomatoes to the tray. Bake at 200°C for 12–15 mins, until chicken is cooked and mozzarella melts.
- To serve: spoon tomato sauce onto plates. Add a quenelle of basil mash. Place chicken on top, tuck in roasted tomatoes, scatter rocket with lemon, salt and pepper. Done.
Latest recipes
You might also like ...
Main Course
Mushroom, Kale & Vintage Gouda Tart
Baking, Dessert
Raspberry & Pistachio Bakewell Tart
Stay in touch
The Weekly Edit
Thousands of people start their weekend with The Weekly Edit in their inbox — the latest recipes, a little inspiration, honest food thinking, and the kind of insight that quietly changes how you cook, eat, and live.
Every Saturday: what Aisling's eating, recommending, and thinking about this week.
Every Saturday: what Aisling's eating, recommending, and thinking about this week.
Unsubscribe anytime. Read the Privacy notice.