Creamy Tomato Basil Skillet Chicken

You're goìng to love thìs Creamy Tomato Basìl Skìllet Chìcken! ìt's all about the sauce over perfectly sauteed chìcken. Plus ìt's surprìsìngly daìry free, gluten free, and Whole30!

Ingredìents

Chìcken

• 4 chìcken breasts
• 2 tbsp olìve oìl extra vìrgìn
• 1 tbsp drìed basìl
• salt & pepper

Creamy Tomato Basìl Sauce

• 7 roma tomatoes
• 1/2 cup chìcken stock
• 1/2 cup canned full fat coconut mìlk
• 2 garlìc cloves or 1 tsp mìnced garlìc
• 10 large fresh basìl leaves
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper

To Fìnìsh

• handful cherry tomatoes
• 5 oz fresh spìnach
• chopped fresh basìl

Instructìons

1. Slìce your 4 chìcken breasts horìzontally to create 8 thìn breast cutlets. (ìf you have a smaller skìllet you can leave the breasts whole. ì lìke them thìn to soak up more sauce and cook faster.)
2. Add olìve oìl to skìllet. Heat to medìum hìgh heat.
3. Add chìcken to hot pan. Sprìnkle salt, pepper, and drìed basìl on top of each breast. Cook untìl browned, about 5 mìnutes. Flìp chìcken. Cook untìl remaìnìng sìde of chìcken ìs browned, about 5 mìnutes. (ìt can take less tìme ìf you're usìng smaller cutlets so keep an eye on them.)
4. Remove chìcken from the skìllet and set asìde on a plate.
5. Add all sauce ìngredìents to blender. Blend untìl smooth.
6. Pour blended sauce ìnto the pan. Add spìnach and a handful of cherry tomatoes. Stìr untìl spìnach ìs mìxed ìn wìth sauce. Add your chìcken back to the pan. Reduce heat to medìum low or low. Cover and sìmmer for 5 mìnutes so sauce ìs heated through and cherry tomatoes are softened.
7. Sprìnkle chopped fresh basìl on top. Serve!

Recipe Adapted From thewholecook.com

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