Sauteed Chicken With Cherry Tomatoes

Submitted by Stephanie Y.

"Adapted from Spices of Life by Nina Simonds.The wine and shallots make this delicious. It is quick to prepare and great for people watching their calories."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 1⁄2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts (or boneless, skinless thighs)
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled, smashed with flat side of a knife, and chopped coarsely
• 6 shallots, peeled and chopped coarsely
• 3⁄4 lb cherry tomatoes (1 pints) or 3/4 lb grape tomatoes, rinsed and drained (1 pints)
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons dried oregano
• 3⁄4 cup dry white wine
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

directions

1. Heat 12 inch skillet, Dutch oven or casserole with lid. Pour in oil and heat until quite hot. Line pan with a batch of chicken breasts and fry over high heat until golden brown on one side, about 2 1/2 to 3 minutes. Turn over and brown other side. Remove with tongs and continue browning remaining pieces. Set chicken aside.
2. Reduce heat to medium, put garlic and shallots in pan, and saute until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Add oregano, white wine, salt and pepper and saute uncovered about 4 to 4 1/2 minutes, shaking pan from time to time.Add tomatoes and return chicken to pan, cover and cook about 10 to 15 minutes, or until chicken is done. Taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary.
3. Scoop chicken out onto a platter and serve with rice or over mashed potatoes.

Reviews

[Carolyn F.]

Made a few slight changes and this was really good! Cooked the shallots in butter and when they just started to brown, added the tomatoes to get a little color on them. After reducing the wine, added 1 teaspoon of chicken Better Than Bouillon dissolved in one cup of water(omitting the salt in the recipe). Added fresh spinach the very end, cooked jut enough to wilt. Teenagers approved!

 

[Lv2cook]

Easy to make and a big hit with the family! Will make again. I did use chicken broth instead of wine, but still had a good flavor.

 

[anniesnomsblog]

This was divine!! Super easy to make and utterly delicious. Perfect weeknight meal; we'll definitely be making this again!

 

[Danielle S.]

Delicious! But I made a tweak to spice it up. Added a cherry red pepper and chili pepper diced to the olive oil before browning chicken to add some heat. Otherwise I followed the receipe. Did not use shallots- didn't have. Yum!

 

[WhatDoUWant2Eat]

It was pretty good. I substituted onion for shallots, and used sherry cooking wine. The sauce made for nice flavorings, and I took the suggestion of another reviewer and added a hint of crushed red pepper flakes. Kind of gave it that zing but not too spicy. For the tomatoes, I used small grape tomatoes and loved how they had that shriveled look when they were simmering under the lid. They really helped with the flavor!<br/><br/>I ended up having leftover chicken so the next night I just made more of the sauce and let the chicken reheat in the pan with the sauce while it simmered.<br/><br/>Yes, I would make this again!