This has been the weirdest week. We got back from Vegas and that in it of itself was crazy ….but then we leaped right into the final packing of my daughters’ belongings. She left 2 days later for Tokyo, Japan. Our “baby” will be living there for 14 months! (She was hired by Tokyo Disney as a few princesses for Meet & Greets, as well as parades!)
It was hard getting back into the swing of things. My house seems empty. I still have my other daughter and grand baby living with us – which makes me so happy but knowing that my other daughter won’t be walking in the door at any given moment, is a lonely feeling. Work and working out kept my mind of that fact but quite honestly, writing a blog post and/or making meals ….especially creating a recipe wasn’t appealing to me. at. all.
Then the rain came! I got inspired to cook up something warm and cozy when I heard those drops of rain and this One Pan Chicken & Creamy Tomato Sauce came to fruition! I actually had a tomato soup in mind but in efforts to make a meal ‘one pan’, I cooked up the chicken first and everything else about this recipe fell into place.
Save Dishes and Time
For me, there’s nothing better than getting a meal done in one pan or pot. I love not having a sink full of dishes after spending the time making, then eating dinner! I have another one pan and oh-so-eeeasssy meal if you’re into saving time and energy like me. It’s a go-to when you really just want to toss stuff in a pan and call it dinner. My grandma did this a lot and that’s how I was inspired to make my One Pan Meat’n’Potatoes.
While this One Pan Chicken & Creamy Tomato Sauce is super easy and delish, it’s sort of not all ‘one pan’ as you might want to top off cauliflower rice and/or zucchini noodles etc. I think you can definitely make it a whole meal one pan by adding in cauliflower rice while the sauce is cooking up! But I’ll leave that up to you.
If you’re into food prepping, I froze what was left and will be able to use that up one day this week. Quick and easy meals are always a win, especially if you can eat them at another time too!
One Pan Chicken & Creamy Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs chicken tenders (cut tenders to the size of your smallest tender)
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 3/4 cup coconut cream
- 6 large roma tomatoes
- 2 handfuls chopped kale (no spine)
- 1/3 cup basil leaves
- 3-4 garlic cloves (your call!)
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Warm olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Sprinkle salt & pepper on chicken tenders.
- When oil is heated through, add chicken tenders to pan and let them cook up for 5 minutes. Turn and cook another 5ish minutes. Take out and let sit on plate.
- While tenders are cooking, add roma tomatoes to a blender and give it a whirl to break down. Add the broth, coconut cream, garlic, basil and seasonings to the blender and blend til smooth.
- Pour the sauce into the chicken pan and warm through, stirring and scraping bottom of pan to get in all the chicken bits that might have stuck.
- Add the kale to soften – just about 2-3 minutes, then add in chicken tenders and let it all warm through another 5 minutes.
- Serve over zoodles, cauliflower rice or even greens!
