Chicken breasts with eggplant in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make chicken breasts with eggplant in tomato sauce with mozzarella in the oven? First, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. It is better to start cooking with sauce. Tomato paste can be replaced with ketchup. You can take any vegetable oil suitable for frying. If there is already salt in the Italian spice mixture, then you need to additionally salt the sauce with care so as not to over-salt.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel the tomatoes, cut the pulp into small cubes. How to peel tomatoes quickly? To do this, make shallow incisions on them crosswise and lower them into boiling water for 1-2 minutes. After that, the skin will be removed easily enough.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel the onion and cut into small cubes. Determine the size of the bulb according to your taste.

4. Step 4:

   

   Finely chop the garlic.

5. Step 5:

   

   Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Lay out the onion and fry until transparent.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add tomatoes, garlic and spices and mix.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add tomato paste, stir and simmer at a low boil for 7-10 minutes.

8. Step 8:

   

   Chop soft boiled vegetables with a blender into puree or rub through a sieve. The blender is suitable for submersible or stationary.

9. Step 9:

   

   Now prepare the rest of the ingredients. Depending on the size of the chicken fillet, you can take 3 or 4 pieces. For this dish, it is better to take fillets - without skin and bones. Any vegetable oil will do. I have olive oil.

11. Step 10:

    

    Wash and dry the chicken fillet. Season with salt, pepper and grease with vegetable oil.

12. Step 11:

    

    Cut the mozzarella into slices or grate on a coarse grater. I have pickled mozzarella, but mozzarella for pizza is also suitable. You can replace mozzarella with any other cheese that melts well.

13. Step 12:

    

    Wash the eggplants and cut into circles about 5-7 mm thick. If necessary, add salt to the eggplant to beat off the bitterness, and leave for 5-7 minutes. Then rinse and dry.

14. Step 13:

    

    Fry eggplant circles in a dry grill pan on both sides until the pattern from the pan appears.

15. Step 14:

    

    Next, fry the chicken fillets on both sides until a characteristic pattern appears.

16. Step 15:

    

    Put the fried eggplant slices in a baking dish and pour some of the tomato sauce over them.

17. Step 16:

    

    Spread the fried chicken breasts on top.

18. Step 17:

    

    Pour the remaining sauce on top. Choose the form for the dish so that everything fits into it, and the sauce does not splash out during boiling. in any case, I advise you to put a piece of foil or parchment under the form.

19. Step 18:

    

    Spread the mozzarella on top. Place the mold in a preheated 180 ° C oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until the cheese melts. Bon appetit!