Chicken breasts with tomatoes and cheese in the oven

10 servings
40 min

How to bake chicken breasts with tomatoes and cheese in the oven? Prepare all the necessary products. Hard cheese can be replaced with mozzarella or suluguni. Choose tomatoes that are juicy but dense. Soft fruits will not retain their shape and may fall apart when cut, so it will be difficult to fill chicken with them. Spices can be used to taste anything. Dried basil, curry, paprika, as well as ready-made spice mixtures for chicken are suitable. Turn on the 180C oven beforehand.

Rinse the chicken breasts under running water and dry with paper towels. If necessary, remove skin, films from them and cut off excess fat. Leave the bone.

Make transverse cuts on the surface at a distance of about 1 cm. The slots should be quite deep, but do not reach the bottom of the meat.

Cut the hard cheese into small and not very thick plates.

Cut the tomatoes into thin half rings.

Salt the breasts on all sides.

Coat the breasts with black ground pepper. At this stage, you can add other favorite spices.

Put slices of cheese in the slot. Try to keep them from peeking out, so the melted cheese stays inside the breast and doesn't drain out.

Now in & quot; pockets & quot; put the tomato slices down. On the contrary, they can look out a little. Tomatoes not only soak meat in juices, giving it juiciness, but also act as a decor, making the dish more colorful.

The breasts are almost ready to bake. Chicken fillet itself is lean and not greasy. Therefore, so that the baked meat does not turn out dry, be sure to grease it with sauce.

To lubricate the top, you can take mayonnaise. But if you don't like mayonnaise for some reason, I recommend making a quick and healthier sauce. Mix 2-3 tbsp. l of sour cream (or 70 ml of cream with a fat content of at least 20%) and 1-2 teas. l mustard. If you like, you can add 2-3 garlic cloves passed through the press to mayonnaise or sour cream sauce. With it, the sauce will be more aromatic.

Grease the top of the breasts with the cooked mixture. So it will not dry out during the baking process, and the chicken will be juicy.

Prepare a heat-resistant baking dish. Cover it with parchment or lightly grease with vegetable oil and put chicken breasts in it. Bake the chicken at 180 degrees for about 35-40 minutes. The time and temperature may differ from those indicated in the recipe. Consider the features of your oven.

How to check the readiness of the dish? When the chicken breasts are browned, puncture the meat with a fork or toothpick. In the finished fillet, the fork will enter effortlessly, and the flowing meat juice will be transparent. Remove the chicken tin from the oven.

Serve the dish hot until tasty and juicy as possible. Before serving, cut the breasts into portions and sprinkle over the crushed parsley. As an addition, any side dish or vegetable salad is suitable. Enjoy your meal!