Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 4 chicken breast fillets
- 4 tablespoons coconut oil
- 200g mozzarella or parmesan (or a bit of both)
Tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 red onion, finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 400g tin crushed tomatoes
- 1 whole roasted red pepper, diced (optional)
- ½ tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 handful basil
- salt and pepper
Method:
- Preheat oven to 200ºC.
- To make tomato sauce, heat oil in a frying pan over medium–high heat. Add onion and cook for a few minutes until softened, then add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add tined tomatoes and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to a simmer, add red pepper and cook for 10 minutes until sauce thickens. In the last minute or two, add balsamic vinegar to the sauce.
- Slice the chicken fillets in half horizontally so you have skinny fillets. Lay chicken between two sheets of plastic wrap and, using the flat side of a meat mallet or rolling pin, pound schnitzels to an even thickness (about 1 cm). This makes them quicker to cook, keeping the chicken moist.
- Place 1–2 tablespoons of coconut oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Cook schnitzels (3–4 at a time) for 1 minute on each side until brown. Place on a lined oven tray and repeat with remaining schnitzels. You may need to add more coconut oil each time.
- Top each schnitzel with 2 tablespoons of the tomato sauce and slices of cheese.
- Bake in oven for 5 minutes or until the cheese has melted and browned slightly.
Serve with salad or steamed green beans.
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Peninsula Kids – Autumn 2019