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Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe. The photo submitted by Plan Z dieter Nancy. Thank you, Nancy!

Servings: Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 2 skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 tsp of minced garlic (jar garlic will do)
• 2 Tbl of basil chiffonade (chiffonade is really just basil sliced into very thin strips)
• salt and pepper
• olive oil spray
• 1 large onion sliced into thin rings
• 16 cherry tomatoes cut in half
• 1 cup of organic chicken broth
• One head of garlic, with cloves separated and sliced very thinly. Use a mandolin if you have one on level 1. Be careful not to cut yourself. You want slivers of garlic. You don’t need to use the whole head if you are nervous about too much garlic. Just do what looks good to you.

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

This simple, two pan meal is easy to prepare and clean up. It’s gourmet Italian without the girth.

Take your skinless chicken breast and cut an opening to stuff it. All you really need to do is cut an opening in the shape of a smile in the top of the breast. You are not going to be putting in a lot of stuffing and the smile should not be cut all the way through. You’re just making a pouch.

Open the pouch and put in a quarter teaspoon of the minced garlic. Spread it around. Now take a tablespoon of the shredded basil (the chiffonade) and place that inside on top of the garlic. Close the “lid”  Do this with both chicken breasts. Grate on salt and pepper to taste

Take out a large sauté pan. Spray a bit of oil on the surface and put in your chicken breasts top-side down.  Saute them for 3 – 5 minutes until you get a nice, light brown coating on the one side.

While the chicken is browning, take out a 9″ x 13″ ovenproof pan. Place the onion rings on the bottom. Separate them so they are scattered around. Then toss in the cherry tomatoes and spread those around. Pour in the chicken broth.

Take your other garlic cloves and slice them very thinly. Scatter the garlic cloves around the onions and tomatoes. The garlic will roast and lose the hot bite. You will end up with smooth tasting garlic slices.

When the chicken is browned on the one side place it raw side down on the onions and tomatoes. Bake the chicken and onion/tomato mixture for 25 – 30 minutes until the chicken is no longer pink in  the middle. Cut a small opening to check and make sure, then serve.

To plate, remove the chicken and place it on a dinner plate. Spoon the onion, tomatoes and broth with the garlic slices around one side of the chicken.

I served this with roasted asparagus and enjoyed a simple, tasty meal.

Enjoy!

Cheers,