Baked Caprese Chicken With Garlic Bread Crumbs
 
 
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Serves: 4 chicken breasts
Ingredients
  • 2 chicken breasts (each breast sliced in half and cleaned)
  • ½ cup panko bread crumbs
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced or chopped fine
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tsp basil
  • ½ tsp oregano
  • Black pepper to taste
  • 4 Thick slices of mozzarella
  • 4 thick slices of tomato
  • Basil leaves
  • Few tsps of oil for coating skillet
  • Balsamic glaze:
  • ½ cup balsamic vinegar
  • 3 Tbsp brown sugar
Instructions
  1. Clean chicken and cut each breast into 2 halves. Keep it aside.
  2. In a pot heat oil and to it add garlic. Saute until fragrant & golden.
  3. Meanwhile preheat oven to 350 F and in another pot add balsamic glaze and sugar and reduce it to almost half.
  4. Brush this garlic oil on both sides on chicken breasts. Place seasoned panko crumbs in a plate and coat one side of chicken generously.
  5. *If you want to coat both sides with panko crumbs them double the recipe for seasoned panko crumbs!
  6. Place them on a hot oiled oven safe skillet and cook on each side for 2 minutes on the gas. Then transfer the whole thing to oven and cook for 16-20 minutes flipping midway until chicken is fully cooked through.
  7. At about 15 minutes place thick slices of mozzarella on each chicken and return to oven to cook until chicken finishes cooking that is 4-6 minutes more.
  8. Serve with a thick slice of tomato, fresh basil leaf and lots of balsamic glaze!
Recipe by Naive Cook Cooks at https://www.naivecookcooks.com/baked-caprese-chicken-garlic-bread-crumbs/