We all have those nights. The ones where you come in late or you just can’t be bothered cooking. On those nights I’m looking for a meal that is a little bit dirty or a bit of a cheat. It was one of those nights when I came up with Pizza Chicken. The girls love pizza so departing from that meal we designed Pizza Chicken.
Ingredients:
2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 jar of pasta sauce (I used Barilla Napoletana Sauce but use your favourite or if you are feeling more pure make your own)
250g haloumi cheese
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
Trim the chicken breast into portions and cut through the middle of the breast so that the fillet is quite slim.
Heat the olive oil in a fry pan that can be transferred into the oven. Season the chicken breast with salt and pepper and then place in the fry pan.
Fry the chicken without turning for approx. 5 minutes on one side. Turn the chicken and fry on the other side for approx. 5 minutes. Please don’t overcook the chicken. I know we are all petrified about making sure chicken is cooked through but don’t over do it! At this point top the chicken with a couple of tablespoons of pasta sauce and then the haloumi cheese. Place the whole fry pan into the oven and grill for about 3 minutes or until the cheese has browned.
Serve with a favourite vegetable, in this instance zucchini (courgette) sauteed in a little olive oil.
2 Comments
July 3, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Hmmm, this sounds delicious! I have rediscovered zucchini recently, much to my delight! What could I do instead of putting the whole frypan into the oven as mine can’t do that sort of magic.. could I gently put it on a plate then in the oven or would that make some deliciousness disappear?
July 5, 2009 at 7:42 am
Thanks for the feed back Miss Cheryl and of course, you can put it in the oven on a oven tray.