I watch cooking shows as I plough through lunch. That’s quite intense. Eating as I watch others cook and eat. I suppose it’s equivalent to having a meal with others but you know, it does seem a little odd considering that’s become a daily habit. One cannot live without Channel 260 - UKTV food. 
I thought I could pull a Ready Steady Cook. Got really panicky about trying to get the chicken to cook through so I suppose I failed in handling kitchen pressure. This recipe has been adapted from one I got off the popular cooking TV show and I really like it. Very yummy and filling. Looks good too. Although I’ll need to work on timing it better as I was really confused as to how long I’d been cooking each side of the chicken for.
Well then, for the first time really I’m not gonna chat on more than 3 paragraphs as I’m in the middle of a banging party to celebrate Anna’s end of exams. I’m outta here.
Enjoy, my friends.
Stuffed Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken Breast & Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast, butterflied
4 strips prosciutto
1 vine tomato, deseeded and chopped
1 medium-sized mushroom, sliced and sautéed
1 tbs chopped chives
1/4 tsp garlic flakes
salt and pepper, for seasoning
olive oil, for frying
- For the tomato sauce:
2 tbs tomato purée
2 tbs hot water
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
a few shakes of dried basil
Lay the prosciutto slices side-by-side, slightly overlapping, on a chopping board and place the butterflied chicken breast on top. Pile your stuffing into the middle of the chicken breast and pressing it down together, fold the chicken breast over and then tightly wrap it by rolling it in the prosciutto away from you until you the chicken ends up sitting surface facing up and the ends of the prosciutto all neatly folded up at the bottom.
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Cook the chicken breast 5 minutes each side on medium heat. Be really careful here as you want to make sure it goes a lovely golden brown and cooks through completely. Remove from heat once cooked through.
For the tomato sauce, heat the ingredients together in a saucepan. Ladle onto a plate. Slice chicken breast in half and serve on tomato sauce.
This looks absolutely delicious!! Nice photos too!
Oh yes, a chicken recipe on the sugarbar - what more can I ask for :). The ingredients for the filling sound great (I’m lovin’ the tomato and mushroom combo). It looks like it came out looking very nice for a photo as well.
That’s funny about not remember how long you cooked the chicken on each side for. I get distracted rather easily in the kitchen and the same thing happens to me quite a bit.
I just love proscuitto wrapped chicken. If you ask me, chicken really needs a dose of decent fat to really make the taste sing, and proscuitto does that brilliantly!
This looks awesome with the vibrant tomato sauce. You are making me hungry!
One thing I do often when cooking proscuitto wrapped chicken is to get it slowly brown in the pan, then just bung the pan+chicken in the oven, and finish in there - often covered in foil. That way the exterior doesn’t get too crsipy, but it cooks through and stays moist.
That chicken wrapped in prosciutto with a tasty stuffing looks so good!
Beautiful photos, Diva. I’m not the biggest chicken fan but wrapping it in prosciutto easily doubles its appeal!
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Those are gorgeous photos! The colors are so vibrant, and I’m sure it’s as delicious as it looks, too.
Lusciously red and delicious
You are such a creative cook/chef.
Wow you took time out of a party to post an entry? THAT’S dedication:-) This looks fantastic by the way.
Oh Diva, this looks amazing! I’m never able to photograph savouries well at all; your photo is stunning!
By the way, I’ve made you some (virtual) plum jam to thank you for organizing the lovely challenge. Hope you like it
I love stuffed chicken breasts - it’s a great way of adding flavor to such a bland meat.
This looks super yummy!
I love this dish and usually fill it with rosemary and cheese. Not tried it with a tomato sauce though. Beautiful presentation, gorgeous photo!
REALLY looks gorge… fabulous! When I first saw the picture I thought the sauce was a sweet one. The purity of the tomato sauce was really beautiful.
Great dish! The colors are amazing!
What a dramatic looking dish! It’s beautiful.
I LOVE Prosciutto.
Gorgeous! I love the vibrant red of the tomato sauce against the chicken, your presentation is very nicely done!
This looks divine. I’m so impressed by your photography. I will definitely try this one out since it has all of the flavors we adore here.
xoxox Amy
Love the photos, especially that last one!
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that right there looks and sounds spectacular - restaurant quality!