Herb mozzarella chicken - Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns
Aug 17, 2022
This week Dr Lucy actually followed a recipe! She made this delicious herb mozzarella recipe, from our fabulous friends, Thermo Foodie & The Chef. This is a very easy weeknight dinner that can be made using a thermomix or without.
A note from Dr Lucy - Last night I cooked a Thermo Foodie recipe and it is clear that I don't cook with recipes very often. In this recipe, I added the broccoli to the dish and popped it back in the oven. The dish came out and was deliciously tasty but a bit watery. I thought, "this is weird, Thermo Foodie test all their recipes". So I went back and reread the recipe and realised the broccoli is supposed to be served separately. Ahh, reflection is such a powerful tool.
Ingredients:
- 600g chicken breasts cut into strips
- 1/4 cup fresh dill
- 1 cup fresh mint
- 1 cup fresh parsley
- 2 cloves garlic
- 40g lemon juice
- 50g olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 150g cherry tomatoes
- 140g mozzarella
- 400g broccoli
- 80g salted butter
Thermomix Instructions:
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Preheat oven to 200C
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Chop herbs, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil 5 seconds / speed 7 / mc on
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Scrape down, add salt and pepper, chop 5 seconds / speed 7 / mc on
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Place chicken strips and herb sauce into a large baking dish and mix well
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Add cherry tomatoes and bake 15 minutes
For the Broccoli:
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Into the mixer place broccoli, chop 5 seconds / speed 5 / mc on
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Scrape down, add butter, cook 8 minutes / 100 degrees / speed 1 / mc on – set aside
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Top the baked chicken with mozzarella and bake a further 15 minutes
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Serve chicken with chopped buttery broccoli
Non-thermo instructions:
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Preheat oven to 200C
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Chop herbs and garlic until fine
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Cut chicken into strips and add the herbs, garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper and lemon juice to the chicken, mix well
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Place chicken strips and sauce into a large baking dish and mix well
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Add cherry tomatoes and bake 15 minutes
For the Broccoli:
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Steam or blanch broccoli until just cooked
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Roughly chop and mix in the butter
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Top the baked chicken with mozzarella and bake a further 15 minutes
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Serve chicken with chopped buttery broccoli.
