Description
A simple, but delicious main dish: mozzarella chicken in tomato sauce. Perfect to serve at Christmas dinner. Low FODMAP and gluten-free.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 chicken breasts
- 400 ml (2 cups) tomato passata
- 125 g (1 cup) mozzarella (use lactose-free mozzarella if you are sensitive to lactose)
- 2 1/2 tsp Italian herbs
- Pepper and salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (390 F).
- Pour the tomato passata into an oven dish and season with Italian herbs, pepper and salt. Stir through.
- Put the chicken breasts on top of the tomato sauce and sprinkle with pepper and salt.
- Put the oven dish in the oven for 20 minutes. Flip the chicken breasts over after 10 minutes of baking. Check if they are done after 20 minutes. If you use thicker chicken breasts, they might need an extra 5 minutes.
- Turn the oven temperature up to 220 degrees. Cut the mozzarella into slices and divide the slices over the chicken breasts. Put the mozzarella chicken back in the oven for 5 minutes.
- Serve with side dishes such as different kinds of vegetables, potatoes, pasta and optionally some fresh basil.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian