Serves
4
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cooking Time
20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1½ tablespoons olive oil
- ½ cup fresh sourdough breadcrumbs
- Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
- 4 small chicken breast fillets, lightly pounded to a 2cm thickness
- 390g jar Leggo’s Tomato & Smoked Cheddar Gourmet Pasta Sauce
- 10 large fresh basil leaves, plus extra for garnish
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil
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Steamed broccolini and crusty bread, if desired, for serving
Method
STEP 1Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a non stick frypan over medium-high heat. Add breadcrumbs and cook stirring until golden and crispy. Transfer to a bowl and stir in lemon zest. Wipe out frypan with absorbent paper.
STEP 2
Heat remaining oil in frypan over medium heat and cook chicken for 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
STEP 3
Pour Leggo’s Gourmet Pasta Sauce over and around the chicken. Stir basil leaves into the sauce. Reduce heat to low, cover with lid and cook for a further 5-8 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked. Season to taste.
STEP 4
Stir remaining chopped basil into breadcrumb mixture and sprinkle over chicken. Serve with broccolini and crusty bread.
Tips
If using large chicken fillets, cut in half through the middle to obtain thinner fillets.