Neapolitan Chicken Recipes

NEAPOLITAN-STYLE STUFFED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Oil medium size baking dish.
• Place onion slices in bottom of baking dish.
• Scatter sliced garlic over onions.
• Top with tomato slices.
• Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Pound chicken into thinner pieces if desired.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Place one piece of cheese and one sun-dried tomato half on each piece of chicken.
• Fold over and place in dish on top of tomato-onion mixture.
• Brush tops of chicken with olive oil from sun-dried tomatoes and lightly season with salt and pepper.
• Bake one hour.
• Remove chicken from oven, and turn oven to broil.
• Broil chicken for 3 minutes or until slightly crispy on top. (I skipped this step.).
• Serve hot.

NEAPOLITAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Wash chicken and dry.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• In a large skillet or two add around 2 Tbls. of oil and brown chicken on both sides.
• Remove chicken from skillet and set aside.
• Add remaining oil and sauté leeks and garlic for 3 minutes.
• Add sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms and artichokes for another 2 minutes.
• Place the chicken back in the skillet.
• Sprinkle basil and oregano all over the chicken.
• Add broth and cook covered for about 30 minutes.
• In a separate bowl mix cornstarch and water and slowly add to chicken.
• Cover and cook another 10 to 15 minutes until chicken in thoroughly cooked.
• Plate the chicken on a serving dish and pour over sauce with vegetables.