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- Difficulty: medium
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Mama Celia's Garlic Caprese Chicken
Ingredients
Directions
- Chop garlic, shallots and basil. Add to gallon size ziploc bag.
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- Add Dijon mustard, salt, pepper, vinegar and oil. Close bag and shake well to combine.
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- Trim chicken breasts of fat and place in marinade bag. Massage marinade into chicken and place bag on a plate in the refrigerator for approximately 8 hours or overnight.
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- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and pull the marinated chicken out of the refrigerator to warm up on your counter.
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- Heat a large oven safe skillet over medium high heat with a drizzle of oil.
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- Add chicken to hot pan, and let caramelize for 3 minutes, flip chicken to
- caramelize on the other side for 2 minutes.
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- Turn off burner and place pan in oven for approximately 15-20 minutes.
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- While chicken is cooking, chop up your topping ingredients and set aside.
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- The last 7 minutes of cooking time, add cherry tomatoes to the pan around the chicken.
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- Once chicken is cooked through (use a meat thermometer to be sure it's at 165 degrees F), lay slices of mozzarella cheese over the top of the chicken and return to the oven.
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- Change oven setting to BROIL and broil on HIGH for several minutes, until the cheese is melted to your liking.
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- Sprinkle chicken with sliced fresh basil and drizzle with Celia's balsamic vinegar.
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