Tomato Basil Chicken

Name: Tomato Basil Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 5 boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced lengthwise in 1 inch strips; 16 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms; 3 -4 tablespoons fresh basil; 2 -4 garlic cloves; 1/2 cup water; 2 onions (cut in big chunks); 1 chicken bouillon cube; 1/2 green bell pepper (diced); 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste; 2 (14 ounce) cans Italian-style diced tomatoes

Submitted by Dave Salch

"This is a great one-dish meal to serve over rice, pasta, or bread. We love it and so so our kids! Let us know what you think."

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Ready In:: 1hr 20mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

5 boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced lengthwise in 1 inch strips
16 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms
3 -4 tablespoons fresh basil
2 -4 garlic cloves
¹⁄₂ cup water
2 onions (cut in big chunks)
1 chicken bouillon cube
¹⁄₂ green bell pepper (diced)
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
2 (14 ounce) cans Italian-style diced tomatoes

directions

Using a deep dish skillet add water, onion and garlic.
Bring to a boil for 5 minutes.
Add the chicken.
Cover and cook on High until chicken starts to turn white (about 5 minutes).
Add salt and pepper to taste and chicken bullion.
Add crushed red pepper if desired.
Add basil, green pepper, mushrooms, tomato paste, and diced tomato.
Cover and simmer 30 minutes, crack the lid to let the steam escape for another 30 minutes.

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Reviews

I found the chicken itself to be a little dry so next time I'll probably cut the cooking time down a little. But the FLAVOR of the chicken was great! (Also, I cut out the mushrooms and exchanged tomato sauce for the tomato paste.) And I used 3 large cloves of garlic. Thanks!

Oleaceae
Very good! Served over yellow rice. I cut the servings in half, but used 1 cup of water, and 6oz of tomato paste. also did not list how much garlic, I used 4 cloves diced.

DrFixit1

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Dave Salch

Chino Hills, Ca

10 Recipes

UPDATE: We have moved the family to southern Oregon and started a farm. I now work for Microsoft as my day job and maintain the farm in spare time. WE are raising heritage turkeys and heritage pigs, plus some lamb and chicken eggs. The farm name is Lil Sprouts Farm. We are now a family of 10, but with only 5 kids at home still. I owe it all, the success we have seen, to my lovely wife, Brenda. She is the one that makes our family succeed. We are a family of 8 "and counting" in Southern California. I am a CTO at a software company and my lovely wife Brenda is a stay at home mom. Our dream is to retire early and move off to small town america, somewhere in a foresty area near a lake and mountains, then spend the day minding our family hardware store, family restaurant, and sailing. Cooking has been a hobby of mine since I was a little boy in school. Being the youngest of 4 kids, with a moma and dad that worked full time, I had to learn to fend for myself pretty early. My dad always had a large garden with a variety of vegetables available to pick from. We hope you enjoy our collection of recipes. As we create new dishes I'll record them here for your exploration.

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