🍝 Mains & dinners

Marry me chicken

Golden chicken smothered in a sun-dried tomato cream sauce with cherry tomatoes, spinach and Parmesan — the proposal-inducing classic.

Prep10 min
Cook30 min
Total40 min
Serves4

Ingredients

  • 500 g chicken (breasts or thighs)
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • Olive oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 200 g tomato sauce
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 350 g cherry tomatoes
  • 100 g sun-dried tomatoes (optional)
  • Salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika
  • 200 g fresh spinach
  • 100 g Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Season the chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika, and sear in olive oil until golden on both sides. Set aside.
  2. In the same pan, melt the butter, soften the onion, then add the garlic and tomato paste; cook 2 minutes.
  3. Add the cherry and sun-dried tomatoes, then the tomato sauce and cream, and simmer 5 minutes.
  4. Wilt in the spinach and stir in the Parmesan.
  5. Return the chicken, spoon the sauce over, and simmer gently until cooked through, 8–10 minutes. Serve over pasta, rice or with bread.
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