Chicken Pomodoro Recipe

Pomodoro is a classic Italian sauce that captures the flavors of summer. Juicy fresh tomatoes, basil, and garlic are all you need for a memorable dish. And you don’t have to get your hands on perfect, peak summer tomatoes to make this dish. Cherry or grape tomatoes, picked when ripe, are the year-round solution.

Instead of tossing Pomodoro with pasta and calling it a day (not that there’s anything wrong with that!), we combined the vibrant sauce with tender chicken breasts. This takes Pomodoro into full-on meal territory. All you need to do is serve with cooked pasta, polenta, or even crusty bread, and dinner is served.

An Adaptable Sauce

For a chunkier, heartier sauce, simply use your spoon to mash the cooked tomatoes. For a more homogenous sauce, use a potato masher instead. And if you prefer smooth sauces, you can transfer the cooked sauce to a blender (crack the lid!) and blend before returning to the pan. 

Serve This Chicken Pomodoro as Pasta

You can simply boil some pasta while the chicken and sauce cook, then serve over top. For a more cohesive, silky pasta, use this easy trick:

Reserve some pasta water when the pasta is almost done cooking. After rewarming the chicken breasts, remove them to a cutting board for slicing. Add the drained pasta and a splash of pasta water to the sauce over medium heat and stir, stir, stir. Add more pasta water as needed to create a more luxurious sauce, then serve topped with the chicken and fresh basil.

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