Chicken fillet with tomato and cheese in the oven

2 servings
45 min

You can form chicken with tomatoes and cheese for baking in the oven in different ways. Most often, tomatoes are laid on chunks of chicken and sprinkled with grated cheese. But I suggest making this dish on the principle of accordion. So it looks more spectacular.

How to bake chicken fillet with tomato and cheese in the oven? Prepare all the necessary ingredients for the dish. It is better to take a large and oblong chicken fillet so that 4-5 incisions can be made in them. Chilled meat is also preferable, rather than frozen meat - it will turn out juicier.

Rinse the chicken fillet well. If there are large pieces of fat as well as films, remove them. In each fillet with a sharp knife, make deep transverse cuts. At the same time, do not reach the end of the fillet, otherwise all the juice will flow through these cuts. There should be 4-5 cuts. Salt the fillet and pepper in the cuts too.

Wash the tomatoes, cut in half. Cut each half into slices to make semicircles. But at the same time, the semicircles of tomatoes must correspond to the size of the cuts in the chicken. If the tomato is large, then one is enough, if small, then it is better to play it safe and take two.

Cut the cheese into thin slices. The size of the slices should correspond to the length of the cuts in the fillet. Cheese can be taken by anyone, but it should melt well. That is, Parmesan and similar dry hard cheeses will not work. You can choose the usual familiar cheese such as Russian, Poshekhonsky; to give the dish an Italian taste, non-brine mozzarella for pizza is suitable (and sprinkle the chicken with proval herbs).

Insert a slice of cheese and tomato into each cut in the chicken fillet. The slices have to half go into the meat and half stick out of it. As a result, when the cheese melts, you get a very beautiful dish.

Transfer the prepared fillet to a baking dish. Using a brush, brush the chicken with olive (or any vegetable) oil. Place the tin in the oven preheated to 180 ° C for 35-40 minutes. The exact time will depend on the features of your oven. Check if the meat is ready easily: you need to pierce it with a knife in the thickest part: if clear juice flows out, then the meat is ready. If the meat is not ready and the cheese starts to blush, cover the shape with foil

Remove the finished dish from the oven and serve to the table. Enjoy your meal!

Chicken can be replaced with turkey or any other type of meat you wish. But keep in mind that in this case, the cooking time and calorie content of the dish will change.

Keep in mind that everyone has different ovens. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those indicated in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of the ovens!

Note that the quality and taste of the finished dish largely depends on the correct defrosting of the ingredients. How to avoid mistakes and choose the best way, read the article about defrosting.