Now that we are all back into the swing of the school year schedule at Casa Jones, I’m reminded of why I struggle so much with those dreaded hours from the time my kiddos walk in the back door until we are all sitting down at the table for dinner. It is nothing short of complete chaos! Each of my many children has a different story to tell me about their day, plus different school assignments to complete, plus different extra curricular activities all at different locations at different times. I know you are in the same tumultuous situation as me and I firmly believe that the fact that we all successfully navigate it day after day is nothing short of a miracle. We are awesome! Now, before we get all prideful and puffed up on our awesomeness, I have yet to mention the most dreaded aspect of our after school pandemonium: DINNER! 
I am certainly not a newbie to this mom job and have plenty of experience with six kids, but even after all these years, it still shocks me when I look at the clock to discover how cruelly 6:00 pm has snuck up on me. Now, I may be religious at my menu planning each week and sticking to that plan when I go grocery shopping, but I often get too adventurous in what I plan to make and don’t realistically consider the time I will have to make that weeknight dish. So when I find it is suddenly time for dinner and I have nothing quick to make, it often results in something quick like pancakes or cold cereal for dinner. While my children get excited seeing breakfast for dinner, it is really important to me to gather my whole family together every night for dinner, which means it is important to have something healthy and delicious to offer as well. In an attempt to become more successful at actually preparing the meals I have already planned out and shopped for, I am working hard to create some new dishes that can be thrown together in under 30 minutes.
I am certainly not a newbie to this mom job and have plenty of experience with six kids, but even after all these years, it still shocks me when I look at the clock to discover how cruelly 6:00 pm has snuck up on me. Now, I may be religious at my menu planning each week and sticking to that plan when I go grocery shopping, but I often get too adventurous in what I plan to make and don’t realistically consider the time I will have to make that weeknight dish. So when I find it is suddenly time for dinner and I have nothing quick to make, it often results in something quick like pancakes or cold cereal for dinner. While my children get excited seeing breakfast for dinner, it is really important to me to gather my whole family together every night for dinner, which means it is important to have something healthy and delicious to offer as well. In an attempt to become more successful at actually preparing the meals I have already planned out and shopped for, I am working hard to create some new dishes that can be thrown together in under 30 minutes.Since my kids’ favorite form of protein is chicken, I was excited when I was asked to create a new recipe for Tyson® Fresh Chicken. I was already an avid user of their products because I love that I am feeding my family chicken that is all natural* with no added hormones and steroids**. Plus, it arrives fresh to my store within days of leaving the family farms that have been producing this chicken for over 75 years. My Basil and Balsamic Italian Chicken was a massive hit with my family. So much amazing flavor packed into each bite and I loved it because it was so quick to throw together. Honest. It took me less than 30 minutes!
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Basil & Balsamic Italian Chicken
Ingredients
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- 6 Tyson Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
- 1 lemon
- salt, pepper, garlic & onion powder
- 2/3 C balsamic vinegar
- 1 C fresh basil leaves, chopped finely
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1/3 C extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 large tomatoes, sliced
- 4 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees and spray a cookie sheet with nonstick spray. Lay the chicken breasts smooth side down on the pan and squeeze half the lemon over the top, then sprinkle on a good amount of the salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder. Flip the chicken over and repeat on the other side. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until the juices run clear. The time will depend on the size of your chicken breasts.
- While the chicken is baking, place the balsamic vinegar in a small skillet and bring it to a boil over medium high heat and allow it to reduce to a syrup like consistency, which takes about 5-8 minutes.
- In a small bowl, combine the chopped basil, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper then set aside.
- Once the chicken is baked, remove from the oven and layer on slices of tomato topped with slices of mozzarella cheese. Return to the oven for a couple minutes until the cheese melts.
- To serve, top each chicken breast with the basil mixture and then drizzle the reduced balsamic vinegar over the top.
Notes
*Chicken must be cooked to an internal temperature of 170 degrees for boneless products and 180 degrees for bone in chicken products.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/6th
- Calories: 351
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 952mg
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 8g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 37g
- Cholesterol: 103mg
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Melanie says
We love chicken in a tomato basil cream sauce for a yummy weeknight meal.
Nicole D says
My your favorite quick and easy dinner to serve your family is my cheesy chicken taco casserole. My kids love this stuff!
Natalie Yarbrough says
I love to make my cheesy chicken and wild rice scrambled eggs with corn. I love chicken!
Snoskred says
I’m not from the US so I can’t enter but I did want to say how awesome this recipe looks and I have added it to my food folder to make. Eventually. Because there is like 170+ other recipes in there, and one day when I have some spare time I’ll go through and sort them into easy – like this one – medium and so difficult I will never make it but I just like to look at the photos of someone else making it. 🙂
In case I have not already left a comment before, this is just a quick note to say hi. I visited your blog during the month of August and I liked what I saw, so I’ve added you to my feedreader and am following your blog. 🙂
Cheers!
Snoskred
courtney b says
probably a BLT or grilled cheese or MAC and cheese!!
either way it’s something with cheese! lol
amy pugmire says
I love greek chicken and rice.
heather says
My favorite quick Tyson chicken dinner to make for my family is shake and bake the parm one.
Vincent says
Our favorite quick meal is an egg scramble with toast and fruit.
Stephanie S says
Chocolate chip waffles, eggs and bacon!
Jessica says
Mmm, this looks delicious. We are all bout anything with an italian spin on it. And chicken is definitely our go to protein also.
rachel says
I like to serve coconut chicken curry. Just let it simmer!
D SCHMIDT says
Our favorite quick and easy meal is definitely sweet and sour chicken stir fry, its delicious!
sharonjo says
My favorite fast family dinner is paninis, using whatever I can find in the frig/pantry/garden. Thank you!
Katherine says
Chicken fingers are real quick
One Frugal Girl says
I love a chicken fajita recipe I gathered from the food network years ago!
Ashley H says
I like chicken parm.
Pat finnestad says
I have a baked chicken dish we love. Chicken topped with California vegetables, and cheddar cheese. Then pour on some cream of soups, top with seasoned bread crumbs and bake. Yumm!
Anne says
When I’m pressed for time, I turn to leftovers to help, and I often have leftover chicken meat. A favorite quick and easy way to use it is to make chicken quesadillas. I like to serve them with a side of spicy rice, but in a pinch, just a side salad will do.
I like your Basil and Balsamic Chicken recipe, and have pinned it for future reference. Looks so good!
Betsy says
Pasta and a quick sauce, with cheese! can you hear the pasta boiling right now?! Lol!
Stephanie says
Carbonara!
Karley Fix says
My favorite quick and easy dinner to make my family is baked fish and a roasted veggie like broccoli, or green beans.
Manette Gutterman says
My favorite quick meal is a crockpot vegetarian lasagna but my favorite chicken meal is honey chicken thighs!
Erika says
We love barbecue chicken sandwiches. 🙂
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Deb Anderson says
Chicken fajitas – quick and a family favorite!
Angel Jacklyn says
THE OLD MAC ‘N CHEESE AND TATOR TOTTS BELIEVE IT OR NOT! LOL
Trisha says
I never have any luck cooking chicken. It is always to chewy. This recipe sounds good tho and may have to try it.
Angel Jacklyn says
A QUICK AND EASY STIR FRY! YUM! afjackly @ oakland . edu
Susan Smith says
My favorite chicken dish is Blackened Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
Janice Cooper says
Our quick go to meal is Sloppy Joes
Kerry says
I have a chicken and dumpling recipe for the slow cooker that is my family’s favorite!
Erica Best says
i love coconut chicken
Sonya Morris says
My favorite quick dinner is always spaghetti!
Sonya Morris says
My husband would love your Basil Balsamic Italian Chicken! I will have to try to make it for him one day. Thanks for sharing!
Madeline says
I love chicken tacos with rice for a quick and yummy dinner!
Debbie B says
i like a grilled chicken salad for a quick and easy dinner!
Ellie Wright says
Green Chile Chicken Stew is my very favorite. I can’t wait for cold weather to make a big pot of it.
Sarah L says
My favorite chicken recipe is stir fry.
Thanks for the contest.
Annette says
My favorite quick and easy meal to serve is chicken or meatball spaghetti with spaghetti squash instead of pasta. I used to bake the squash for what seemed like forever, until I learned you can cut it in half and boil for under 15 minutes.
Annette says
I love your recipe – it combines two of my favorites (chicken and Caprese salad).
Betty C says
During the warm weather I think I could eat chicken stir fry every day of the week with all the fresh veggies from the garden. I also like to make a chicken vegetable soup in the slow cooker.
Tabathia B says
I love making beans and cutting up ball park meat franks in it
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Wayne says
I appreciate you sharing this recipe, plus the rest of the
site is also very good. Making it tonight
Myles says
Great recipe
Derrick says
My brother suggested I might like this recipe.
He was totally right. This chicken truly made my day.
Teena says
It’s impressive that you got this much flavor from such simple ingredients. Thank you carol!
You are very welcome Teena!
Chandra says
thank you! We are doing keto and this was so good
You are very welcome Chandra!
Reggie says
Saved as a favorite, I love your blog!
Thanks Reggie! Enjoy the recipe and know you will find a ton more as you look around.
Beatris says
Greetings! I’ve been following your site for a long time now and finally got the bravery to go ahead and give you a shout out from Humble Texas!
Just wanted to say keep up the excellent work!
Abby says
Good recipe! We will be making it again
Frances says
The recipe is great! Thanks
Ron says
My partner and I stumbled over and found this chicken recipe. It was divine.
Greta says
We love this! Thanks
Denny says
That is really an amazing recipe!
Victorina says
Hey there! This is my first time making this recipe and is was so good
Merle says
You actually make it look so good! Can’t wait to make it next week
Belinda says
The whole family loved it and we will make this again. Thanks carol!
Inge says
Making this right now and it smells so good!
Aurelia says
Great keto recipe. Add a few tomatoes.