Chicken Mozzarella Olive Bake
Recipe: #3449
December 11, 2011
"Bottled pasta sauce makes this easy but nothing beats homemade, I use my pasta sauce that I make in large amounts and freeze until needed, for best flavor use skin-on chicken pieces"
Original is 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (505.6 g)
- Calories 794
- Total Fat - 46.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 15.1 g
- Cholesterol - 294.1 mg
- Sodium - 1639.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 27.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.8 g
- Sugars - 7.9 g
- Protein - 63.3 g
- Calcium - 459.9 mg
- Iron - 3.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 26.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
Step 2
In a shallow bowl combine the flour with salt, pepper, garlic powder and cayenne).
Step 3
Coat the chicken in the flour mixture then place on a plate (have all the chicken pieces coated before frying).
Step 4
Heat olive oil and butter (use as much as you want) in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add in chicken and brown on both sides (about 3 minutes per side) transfer to baking dish.
Step 5
To the same skillet add in onion; saute for about 3-4 minutes. Add in garlic and sliced mushrooms; cook until the mushrooms are softened (about 3 minutes, watch closely not to burn the garlic).
Step 6
Stir in pasta sauce and olives then season the sauce with salt and pepper; bring to a simmer for about 10 minutes stirring a few times.
Step 7
Pour the sauce over the chicken pieces, then using tongs turn the chicken over once to coat in the sauce making sure the chicken is skin-side facing up in the baking dish before baking.
Step 8
Top with mozzarella cheese.
Step 9
Bake for about 40 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through
Tips
No special items needed.
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