It might not be the exact Italian version, but it is a very tasty low calorie version. With a bit of tweeking you could even use it on one of you 5:2 fast days.
Ingredients
serves 4
- 4 fillets of chicken, 150 grs each
- 2 onions, 200 grs finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, grated or minced
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tin plum tomatoes, 400 grs, chopped
- 2 tbsp greek yoghurt
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp dried basil
- 1 very mild chilli, sliced in rings (I have them in my greenhouse, now I use them in and on everything, not for 'seriously spicy' food, though)
- a few fresh basil leaves, to taste
- preheat oven 170°C - fan assisted
- on the hob, sautee the onion and garlic in one 1 tbsp of olive oil till onion has turned translucent
- add the tomato puree and leave it to cook out for a minute or so
- in go the chopped tomatoes from the tin
- simmer for 10 minutes
- take from the heat and add the dried basil, the chilli and stir in the yoghurt
- season
- heat a non stick pan on the hob with 1 tbsp olive oil
- season the chicken fillets with salt and black pepper
- sear them in the pan on both sides
- transfer to a suitable roasting tin and cover with the sauce
- in the preheated oven for 20 minutes to half an hour
- the chicken fillets should be cooked through, but cheque to be sure.
That looks yummie! I'm going to try this one tonight, with some pasta. I couldn't live without carbs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe, it was really good. I usually put a tiny bit of sugar in tomato sauce. Since I only had greek yoghurt with honey in my fridge, I used that instead of the sugar and it was really good.
ReplyDeleteI'm always 'in' for other low calorie recipes!