Very easy to make the rosemary chicken in tomato sauce is bursting with flavour.
Uses very few ingredients and ideal as a:
- Quick & easy meal
- Served with yellow rice & green beans.
Fresh rosemary tastes so much better then the ones from a jar and is really easy to grow in the kitchen. (and a lot cheaper) The recipe below shows how to use it to make Italian chicken breast in tomato rosemary sauce – but rosemary is one of the most popular herbs for cooking.
How to make rosemary chicken in tomato sauce
Ingredients:
- 4 Chicken breasts
- 1 onion
- 6 Garlic cloves
- 4 Rosemary stems
- 1 Tin chopped tomatoes
- 100 ml dry white wine
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons spicy italian seasoning
- Salt & pepper to taste
Equipment
- Large saucepan & lid
- Chef’s knife & chopping board
Instructions
- Pick the rosemary and remove the leaves from the stem
- Peel & chop the onion
- Peel & chop the garlic
- Chop the rosemary into small pieces
- Cover the chicken breasts in the spicy Italian seasoning
- Heat the frying pan and add the olive oil and chicken breasts
- Fry for 5 minutes on both sides until brown (Don’t worry about the middle)
- Add the chopped onion and garlic and fry for another 3 minutes
- Add the tomatoes, wine & rosemary and cover the pan with the lid
- Simmer on low heat for 30 minutes
How to serve
Great with items like yellow rice and green beans.
The spicy Italian seasoning
You can either make your own – for example by blending some paprika & oregano.
But in the video, I’ve used Schwartz spicy Italian seasoning (Available in most supermarkets or Amazon)
3 Key questions
When making this recipe I’ve been asked 3 questions:
1. Does rosemary go well with tomato sauce?
Quite simply yes – for example it’s used a lot in many recipes. Like the very popular Passata Bolognese recipe.
2. What can I use instead of rosemary?
If you don’t have any rosemary available then the usual rosemary alternatives are either thyme, oregano or basil.
However for roast bird recipes (like roast chicken) a combination of sage and thyme is best. Replace the rosemary amount with the same amount of thyme, and then add 50% of the same amount of sage.
3. Can I use fresh tomatoes instead of tinned tomatoes?
Yes, you will need 2 cups of chopped fresh tomatoes to replace one can of diced tomatoes.
All you do is:
Step 1 – Wash & Core the tomatoes: Rinse thoroughly under a tap and remove the stem/core.
Step 2 – Blanch and peel the tomatoes.
- Use a knife and mark a small “X” on the bottom of each tomato.
- Then drop it into boiling water for 30 to 60 seconds.
- And then transfer to ice water so that the skins will slip off easily.
Step 3 – Simply cut them into large bits and use a per the recipe below
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Rosemary chicken in tomato sauce
Equipment
- 1 large frying pan & lid
- 1 Chef Knife
Ingredients
- 4 Chicken breasts
- 1 Onion
- 6 cloves Garlic
- 2 tbsp Rosemary Finely chopped
- 1 can Chopped tomatoes
- 100 ml Dry white wine
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 2 tbsp Spicy italian seasoning
- 1 tsp Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
Prepare the ingredients
- Pick the rosemary and remove the leaves from the stem
- Peel & chop the onion and garlic
- Chop the rosemary into small pieces
Prepare the chicken
- Cover the chicken breasts in the spicy Italian seasoning
- Heat the frying pan and add the olive oil and chicken breasts
- Fry for 5 minutes on both sides until brown (Don’t worry about the middle)
Finish the recipe
- Add the chopped onion and garlic and fry for another 3 minutes
- Add the tomatoes, wine & rosemary and cover the pan with the lid
- Simmer on low heat for 30 minutes
Video
Notes
Nutrition
Easy Way to grow Rosemary at home
Hopefully the guide to how to make Italian chicken breast in tomato rosemary sauce might inspire you to grow your own fresh Rosemary at home.
When you are cooking fresh herbs tend to make a real difference to the results. Herbs are really easy to grow at home and many of them grow really fast.
To grow your own Rosemary
It’s very easy to grow your own at home – even indoors (in your kitchen, spare bedroom, garage, etc. All you will need are a plug plant, growing system and some growing lights.
There is detailed description of the – indoor herb growing system
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