Creamy Sun-dried Tomato Chicken


Description

You may also use chicken thighs without the bones, chicken breasts or chicken tenders. The cooking time will be slightly less. Set a timer for 20 minutes earlier than the recipe states and check for doneness every few minutes until the chicken is cooked through.

Ingredients

8 chicken thighs, bone-in
1/4 cup fresh chopped basil
1 tbsp garlic
3/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes
1 yellow onion
1 cup chicken stock
1 13.5 oz can coconut milk
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp pepper, freshly ground
1 large pinch red pepper flakes
1 tbsp salt
1/4 cup unmodified potato starch
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Directions

Mix together the potato or tapioca starch, salt, and pepper in a medium sized bowl. Toss the chicken thighs in the mixture until fully coated.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Heat 2 tbsp of the olive oil in a large oven-proof frying pan or ceramic coated dutch oven. Add the chicken, four pieces at a time, and brown on each side. When the chicken is all browned, remove it and set it aside.

Add the remaining 1 tbsp of oil to the pan and heat to medium/high. Add the sliced onion and saute for 2 min. Add the sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, Italian seasoning and red pepper and saute for another 30 sec.

Add the coconut milk and chicken broth and bring to a boil.

Add the chicken back into the sauce, scooping the onions and tomatoes over the top of the chicken. Try to fit the chicken in a single layer, if possible.

Cover pan with a lid (make sure it is oven safe) and place it in the oven. Cook for 45 min at 400 degrees. After 45 min, reduce the heat to 300 and cook for another 20 min.

Remove from the oven and top with shredded basil just before serving.

TIPS:
You may also use chicken thighs without the bones, chicken breasts or chicken tenders. The cooking time will be slightly less. Set a timer for 20 min earlier than the recipe states and check for doneness every few minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
Using the starch or tapioca makes it gluten free which is what she wanted. I'm sure flour would be fine.

Enjoy!

If you can only find sun-dried tomatoes in oil, just do your best to pat off the oil with paper towels before adding or leave the equivalent amount of olive oil from the recipe.

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