Marry Me Chicken

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, butterflied and pounded flat
• Flour
• 6 tbsp butter
• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 12 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 2 shallot, minced
• 1/2 cup tomato paste
• 2 tsp anchovy paste
• 5 serrano peppers, diced
• 12 sundried tomatoes in oil, chopped
• 3 tsp dried oregano
• Chicken stock
• 2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 16 oz. rotini pasta, cooked
• 4 oz. grated parmesan cheese
• Fresh basil, sliced

Directions

1. Lightly coat the chick in flour.  Pan fry in butter and olive oil until just browned on both sides.  Remove from pan.
2. Add the garlic and shallot to the pan and cook until aromatic, about one minute.
3. Add the tomato paste, anchovy paste, serrano peppers, and sundried tomatoes.  Mix together.
4. Deglaze with the chicken stock.  Reduce heat to low and add the heavy whipping cream.  Simmer until thickened.
5. Add the chicken back into the sauce to warm it up, flipping once.
6. Remove the chicken and add in the cooked pasta, stirring together.  Add the parmesan and stir until melted.
7. Plate the pasta with chicken on top.  Garnish with fresh basil.

Adapted from Binging with Babish.