🍝 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
- Season the chicken with salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika, and sear in olive oil until golden on both sides. Set aside.
- In the same pan, melt the butter, soften the onion, then add the garlic and tomato paste; cook 2 minutes.
- Add the cherry and sun-dried tomatoes, then the tomato sauce and cream, and simmer 5 minutes.
- Wilt in the spinach and stir in the Parmesan.
- 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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