Basil Chicken

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   The chicken in the photo is breast from a young bird.

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   When I weighed it it was a bit more than 360 g. I used 2 breasts - 1 breast per serving.

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   Make the basil, cherry tomatoes and black pepper ready.

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   Cut the chicken breasts or thighs into 2 pieces.

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   Pound them out so that they are about the same thickness and cut a pocket in the middle of each piece.

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   Rub in the ingredients marked - salt, pepper, garlic and olive oil.

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   Leave to rest and marinate a bit.

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   While the meat is marinating, cut the cherry tomatoes.

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   Insert the basil leaves inside the pockets you made in the chicken pieces.

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    Fry the chicken pieces in a frying pan until one side is browned, then flip over and cook the pieces through.

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    When the chicken is cooked add the tomatoes, and coat the chicken pieces with the juice that comes out of them.

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    Transfer the chicken and tomatoes to serving plates.

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    Reduce the remaining tomato and chicken juice in the pan and pour over the dish to finish.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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