Italian Sausage Chicken Breasts

loof's Note:

Serve with pasta and a salad for a rich and flavorful meal!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 lb Italian sausage
• 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1 garlic clove , minced
• 3 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 ½ teaspoons italian seasoning
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. If using sausage links, remove from casings.
2. Crumble sausage in a large skillet and cook over medium heat until browned. Remove sausage and set aside.
3. Add mushrooms and garlic to the drippings. Cook and stir until mushrooms are tender.
4. Stir in the sausage, tomato sauce, tomato paste, and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
5. In another skillet, brown chicken slightly. Remove from skillet and put in a 13x9 baking dish.
6. Pour tomato sauce mixture over chicken. Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
7. Uncover and sprinkle with cheese. Bake 5 minutes more (uncovered).
8. Serve over hot pasta.

Reviews

[Lainey6605]

This is a very tasty dish! I like the combination of the chicken and the sausage. It was simple to make and came together in no time. I used hot sausage and it gave it a nice kick. Thanks for sharing.

[Noo]

I scaled this back a bit,as there were just the two of us eating.I used homemade tomato sauce,rather than canned ,and omitted the tomato paste,as it didn't seem necessary.I had to butterfly my chicken breasts out,as they were really thick,but it also gave more surface area for the sauce to cover! The flavours were fantastic,and as I used hot Italian sausage,it had a wonderful little zip to it. A really simple and very tasty dish that went down a treat with some good Aussie ice cold bubbly wine,and salad.Yum!!

[Sydney Mike]

I did a bit of juggling (Read that as changes!) here, but there were only 2 of us, & still we had 2 meals from this! I cut back by half on both a mild Italian sausage & 2 large chicken breasts, then cut the breasts into quarters, but other than that, everything was the same! Served it with cheese tortillini! Couldn't have been better, we thought ~ Thanks for posting! [Tagged, made & reviewed in 1-2-3 Hit Wonders tag]