20-minute chicken pomodoro recipe: tender chicken breast chunks in a simple tomato sauce, serve with pasta for a complete meal.

Why You Should Try This Recipe

Chicken Pomodoro is a quick, healthy, and satisfying meal that is perfect for weeknights.

Chicken: – Chicken breasts – Flour – Fine sea salt or Kosher – Ground black pepper – Olive oil

Ingredients

Ingredients

Pomodoro Sauce: – Onion – Olive oil – Garlic cloves – Red chili flakes – Diced tomatoes  – Sugar – Heavy cream – Basil – Fine sea salt – Black pepper

Pound the breasts between two sheets of plastic wrap with a meat mallet. Swipe up for the full recipe!

Prepare the chicken

Mix flour, salt, and pepper on a plate. Dredge chicken through the mixture, pat gently to remove excess flour.

Prepare the chicken

Cook: Heat a large nonstick pan. Add oil. Cook chicken for 2 minutes on each side until golden. Transfer to a plate.

Prepare the chicken

Chop onion and set it aside. Chop garlic and set it aside separately. Go to the full recipe page for more details!

Make the Pomodoro Sauce

Cook: Heat oil in a large saucepan. Cook onion and a small pinch of salt for about 5 minutes, often stirring until soft.

Make the Pomodoro Sauce

Add garlic and red chili flakes, and stir for 1 minute. Add tomatoes, sugar, and 2 sprigs of basil, cook for 2 minutes.

Make the Pomodoro Sauce

Pour in heavy cream, stir and cook for 2 minutes. Tuck in the chicken breast, cover, and simmer gently for 8 to  10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.

Chicken Pomodoro

Finish: Remove the cooked basil sprigs from the dish. Chop the leaves of the remaining basil. Sprinkle on top. On the recipe page there are many tips and notes!

How to serve

Spaghetti is the perfect pasta to serve with Chicken Pomodoro because it soaks up the flavorful sauce. However, any different kind of pasta shape is excellent.

How to reheat the leftovers?

Leftover spaghetti can be reheated in the microwave or stovetop. If you want to try a different dish using leftover noodles, you can try our delicious