🍽️TIP: This caprese chicken skillet recipe is from week 1 of our low calorie menu planning made easy set!
This is one of my FAVORITE ever recipes from the PPP Menu Plans, and I know you'll love it too! It's super easy to make, tastes AH-MAZING, and is seriously restaurant quality food. The best part? It has only 358 calories and 3 net carbs. Success!
Serve it up with some Copykat Olive Garden Salad from our Sides Dish Menu Plans and dinner is done.
Caprese Chicken Skillet
prep 25 minutes | cook 15 minutes | serves 6 | 358 calories | 3 net carbs
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 Tbsps olive oil
- 24 oz jar marinara sauce
- 8 oz ball fresh mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
- 1 oz pkg fresh basil, thinly sliced
- 1-2 Tbsps balsamic glaze
Directions
- Preheat oven to broil. In a large cast-iron skillet, cook chicken in hot oil over medium heat, 4 minutes per side. Cook in batches, if needed.
- Return all chicken to skillet, and spoon marinara sauce over and around chicken; cook another 5 minutes or until chicken is done.
- Layer mozzarella cheese over each chicken breast; sprinkle with tomatoes.
- Broil 2 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and golden.
- Sprinkle with basil, and drizzle each serving with balsamic glaze to serve.
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