This cozy dish, which went viral on TikTok with claims that if you prepare it for someone, you will end up getting married, features boneless chicken breasts nestled in a creamy, tomato-y sauce. Try it over pasta, rice or polenta.
Ingredients:
- 3 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts, or 6 chicken cutlets (about 2¼ pounds total), patted dry (or use slightly pounded chicken tenders)
- Kosher salt
- black pepper
- ¼ c flour
- 3 Tab olive oil plus more as needed
- 3 Tab butter
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 Tab tomato paste
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- Red-pepper flakes, to taste
- 1 c low-sodium chicken stock
- ½ to ¾ c heavy cream
- ½ c (1½ ounces) grated Parmesan
- ⅓ c (2.4 ounces) sliced sun-dried tomatoes, packed in oil
- Fresh basil, for serving
Directions:
- If using chicken breasts, start from the thickest end and slice each chicken breast in half horizontally so you end up with a total of 6 cutlets. To make it easier to slice into cutlets, place the chicken breasts in the freezer for 20 minutes.
- Season both sides of the chicken cutlets well with salt and pepper.
- Scatter the flour on a large plate and coat the cutlets, shaking off the excess.
- Transfer the cutlets to a sheet pan or large plate in a single layer.
- Heat the oil in a large pan over medium-high.
- Once hot, reduce the heat to medium.
- Add the butter.
- As soon as it melts, add the cutlets.
- Cook until golden on one side, about 5 minutes.
- Flip the chicken and cook the other side until golden, 4 to 5 minutes. Do this in batches, if needed, adding more oil, if needed.
- Transfer the cutlets to a plate or sheet pan.
- Reduce the heat to low.
- Add the garlic and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the tomato paste, stirring until the color deepens, about 2 minutes.
- Add the oregano and red-pepper flakes, to taste.
- Increase the heat to medium, add the stock and bring to a simmer, scraping up any bits from the bottom of the pan, until the liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
- Add ½ cup of the cream and warm through, stirring, until it thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Watch the cream closely, reducing the heat if necessary, to maintain a gentle simmer.
- Stir in the Parmesan and the sun-dried tomatoes.
- Add more cream, if you like, and season the sauce.
- Place the chicken back in the pan to warm through, about 4 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and scatter basil on top.
Serves: 4
Source: Naz Deravian for The New York Times.