Chicken Sorrentino
Chicken Sorrentino is a spectacular makeover of the famous Gnocchi alla Sorrentina. With only 5 main ingredients it’s nothing short of epic.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 25 ounces chicken breast about 700g
- 2 balls fresh Mozzarella cheese about 1- 1 ½ cups (cut in cubes)
- 2-2½ cups tomato sauce + ½ cup water
- 1 small onion (finely chopped)
- ⅓ cup flour
- Handful fresh basil leaves a few for the sauce, the rest for the final dish and garnishing
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
Prepare Tomato Sauce
- In a large skillet pan add a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and add finely chopped onion.Simmer for a few minutes on medium heat.Extra virgin olive oil, 1 small onion
- Add tomato puree + ½ cup water to thin out the sauce. Add an extra ¼ cups water if you're using hard Mozzarela cheese (see notes).Simmer for about 5 minutes on low heat.2-2½ cups tomato sauce
- Add salt and and just a few basil leaves. You should still have some left to add later.Handful fresh basil leaves
Prepare Chicken Breast
- Cut chicken breast in large cubes.25 ounces chicken breast
- Place chicken cubes in a big bowl and toss with flour.Mix well, making sure all chicken cubes are well dredged with flour.⅓ cup flour
- In a large skillet pan heat olive oil. Once oil is hot (but not burning!) add chicken cube shaking off excess flour.Extra virgin olive oil
- Add salt.Salt
- Once nice and brown on one side flip them with a spatula to get an even golden color on each side.
Mix Everything Together
- Once chicken is all browned, add previously cooked tomato sauce. Mix well.
- Top with fresh Mozzarella cut in cubes and a few basil leaves.Turn the heat an low and let it simmer for a mere minute or two until all flavors are well combined and Mozzarella has slightly melted.
- Garnish with more basil if you prefer.
Notes
- Use whole chicken breast and cut it in medium-size cubes (see photos). As an alternative you can use store-bough thick chicken cutlets and cut them into strips.
- If using regular hard Mozzarella add an extra ¼ cup of water to the tomato sauce when cooking.
- If you don't have tomato puree you can use crushed tomatoes pureed with a food processor or hand held blender.
- The tomato sauce should be creamy, not too runny and not to thick.
- If you're using already cut chicken cutlets you can cut them into long strips. The thinner the cut the more chicken meat will dry out so pay attention to that.
- Don't let chicken sit too long in the flour as flour will start to soak the moisture of the chicken.