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Chicken Margherita For a little garlic flavor, season the chicken with a sprinkle of garlic powder in addition to the salt and pepper!

Serves: 4 • Prep time: 5 min • Cook time: 10 min
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  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 lb.)
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 2 cups Ragu® Old World Style® Margherita Smooth Pasta Sauce
  • 4 slices fresh or packaged mozzarella cheese (about 4 oz.)
  • 2 Tbsp. thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
  1. Season chicken, if desired, with salt and black pepper. Heat oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and brown chicken, turning once, about 5 minutes.
  2. Add Pasta Sauce and simmer covered 5 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked. Top chicken with cheese, then let stand until cheese is melted, about 1 minute. Garnish with basil.
  3. Serve, if desired, with hot cooked penne pasta topped with additional Pasta Sauce, heated.

Cost per recipe*: $8.52

Cost per serving*: $2.13

*Based on average retail prices at national supermarkets.

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13 Member Comments

  1. Posted 01/31/2009 at 17:47 PM by donnabrunen

    What a nice and delicious recipe!

  2. Posted 03/01/2009 at 16:19 PM by rogermechham

    If you want chicken, this is the way to prepare it. Most excellent.

  3. Posted 03/02/2009 at 11:30 AM by jodigulay

    This was wonderful. SO quick and easy!

  4. Posted 05/03/2009 at 21:21 PM by NINchick

    I made this the other night for the family and i was disappointed there wasnt any left for seconds.

  5. Posted 06/28/2009 at 10:02 AM by cookie14

    Such a great chicken recipe - very filling and good!

  6. Posted 08/27/2009 at 22:55 PM by purplevixen

    Very very nice recipe. it has the perfect ammount of flavor

  7. Posted 10/06/2009 at 05:12 AM by overturestumble

    This was great, i served it for a few friends and it was gone so fast! very nice recipe!

  8. Posted 10/06/2009 at 11:50 AM by pizzamonster

    Very good, I recommend making this one!

  9. Posted 10/07/2009 at 03:20 AM by Murmur

    it looks so great in the picture but I'm having such a hard time getting it to brown up nicely with that little bit of oil.

  10. Posted 10/07/2009 at 15:58 PM by cheeseface00

    Wow what an amazing meal.

  11. Posted 10/08/2009 at 03:08 AM by kittypride

    this is grate if you want to trim some fat use skim milk cheese.

  12. Posted 10/09/2009 at 21:16 PM by snowball19

    One of my favourite dishes.

  13. Posted 10/10/2009 at 05:10 AM by usedgo

    I didn't like this very much, its was a little greasy and wet for my tastes

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  • Nutritional Facts

Nutrition information per serving:

Calories: 320
Calories from fat: 130
Saturated fat: 5g
Trans fat: 0g
Total fat: 14g
Cholesterol: 90mg
Sodium: 770mg
Total carbohydrates: 12g
Sugars: 6g
Dietary fiber: 2g
Protein: 34g
Vitamin A: 15%
Vitamin C: 6%
Calcium: 20%
Iron: 10%
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