Chicken Pomodoro

This Homemade Chicken Pomodoro Recipe is made with fresh tomatoes, garlic, and plenty of fresh basil to create a flavorful pan sauce. Nestle in pan-seared chicken breasts for a perfectly simple and flavorful recipe ready in 30 minutes or less! Let this become your new favorite weeknight dinner for the whole family!

This easy weeknight dinner consists of a fresh tomato sauce made with cherry or grape tomatoes with delicious chicken breasts nestled in.

There is SO MUCH FLAVOR, and it comes together quickly. It's a favorite in our household!

Looking for more tasty chicken dinners? Make sure to check out this pepperoni pizza chicken, our lemon herb chicken, or this mozzarella stuffed chicken wrapped in parma ham.

You may also like these Italian sausage stuffed peppers and this Italian sausage soup!

❤️Why We Love This Recipe

• Simple ingredients. This recipe is made with kitchen staples. Anything you don't already have on hand can be found at any grocery store. You only need a handful of ingredients to bring the whole dish together.
• Quick and easy. This dish is on the table in 30 minutes and is made all in one skillet. What more could you ask for?
• Great for leftovers or meal prep. This dish is simple, yet bursting with flavor, and it's easy to reheat the leftovers and enjoy throughout the week.
• Suits multiple diets. This recipe just so happens to be low in carbs, high in protein, naturally gluten-free, and dairy-free, so it's great to serve to those following different diets!

🍅Ingredients

Here are the ingredients we used for this recipe. You can find more information for substitutions below.

• Boneless skinless chicken breasts. We prefer thin chicken breasts or chicken cutlets that cook quickly. You can of course cut the chicken breasts in half yourself.
• Fresh cherry tomatoes. The main component of this dish is the homemade tomato sauce, which is made with cherry, grape, or plum tomatoes. We cut them in halves so they cook down quickly.
• Red pepper flakes. Optional, for a little kick of spice.
• Fresh basil. A key component of the flavor!
• White wine. Chicken broth can also be used to deglaze the pan and start the Pomodoro sauce.
• Parmesan cheese. Completely optional, but we like to garnish our dish with freshly grated parmesan. Skip this if dairy-free, the original dish doesn't call for it anyway.

Visit the recipe card for the full quantities and nutritional information.

✨Substitutions

Here are a few suggestions on additional flavors to try, or simple variations to this recipe.

• Swap chicken breasts for chicken thighs. You can use either or based on what you have on hand or what you prefer, both work really well!
• Swap wine for chicken broth. If you don't like to cook with wine, or don't have any, you can just use chicken broth or stock as a 1:1 swap. You can also use water if that's all you have, though the first two options will help this dish develop better flavor.
• Add sweetness. If your tomatoes are a little on the acidic side, you can add about 1 teaspoon of sugar or your favorite sweetener to help balance out the acidity.

✨Variations

• Dairy-free. Since this recipe is naturally dairy-free if you skip the added (and optional) parmesan at the end.
• Spicy. Love spice? Add extra red pepper flakes, or even a tablespoon of crushed Calabrian chilis (affiliate link).
• Add more veggies. Vegetables like bell peppers, mushrooms, or zucchini would go great with this dish.
• More herbs. You can always add more herbs. We add fresh oregano, and sometimes parsley, thyme, or rosemary.
• Lemony. Add fresh lemon juice and/or zest for a lemony twist!

📋Prep work

• Dice onion.
• Mince garlic.
• Halve or quarter the tomatoes.
• Measure out the remaining ingredients.
• Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat.

Season the chicken really well on all sides with Italian seasoning, black pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder, plus kosher salt.

Add a drizzle of olive oil to the pan, then add in the chicken. You may need to cook in batches to avoid overcrowding the pan. (Image 1)

Cook until the chicken is golden brown on both sides and cooked all the way through, until it reaches an internal temperature of at least 165°F using an instant-read thermometer. (Image 2)

This should be about 4-5 minutes per side depending on the thickness of the chicken. Remove from the skillet and set aside.

Reduce to medium heat, and add more olive oil, onions, garlic, optional red pepper flakes, and a pinch of salt.

Cook until softened and translucent, about 5-7 minutes, scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to get any brown bits and prevent garlic from burning. (Image 3)

Now, add in the tomatoes, white wine, oregano, and basil with more salt. Continue scraping the bottom of the pan to lift any brown bits. (Image 4)

Simmer the tomato mixture for 5-7 minutes, until they have begun to soften and release their juices. (Image 5)

Now, add back the cooked chicken to the skillet. Cover, and simmer for 3-5 minutes to warm the chicken through. (Image 6)

Garnish with more fresh basil and freshly grated parmesan cheese if desired. (Image 7)

Serve with more fresh parmesan and basil if you'd like. Enjoy! (Image 8)

✨Tips & Tricks

• Use fresh, high-quality ingredients. Whenever possible, use the freshest ingredients you can find! Since there are so few ingredients in this recipe, we like to make them all count.
• For a smoother sauce. Cook the tomatoes 5-10 minutes longer so there are fewer tomato chunks in the sauce. You can add more wine or broth to the sauce to make it thinner as well. Another option would be to cut the tomatoes into smaller pieces before cooking them down, to encourage them to break down faster, or even using an immersion blender (or regular blender) to puree the sauce.
• Don't overcook the chicken. Once the chicken reaches 165°F, remove it from the skillet. This will help ensure the chicken stays juicy and doesn't dry out.

🍴What To Serve With This

Looking for some ideas of what to serve this dish with? We have plenty!

• Serve the chicken over these redskin mashed potatoes or truffle mashed potatoes. For a low-carb alternative, try our creamy mashed turnips!
• These lemon garlic green beans are an ideal pairing as far as veggies go.
• Maybe you'd prefer to serve it with this spinach and arugula salad and creamy balsamic dressing, this honey lemon dressing,  instead.
• This air fryer garlic bread would be great for dipping in the pan sauce.
• This burrata caprese, this burrata and prosciutto arugula salad, or this burrata salad with pesto vinaigrette would accompany this dish perfectly!
• Don't forget the pasta! Try serving this dish with our lemon garlic pasta, this delicious leek pasta, or this creamy pesto pasta!