Chicken and gnocchi bake.
Real comfort food, and full of nutritional value. Delicious baked chicken breast with zucchini and gnocchi in tomato sauce is a great idea for dinner.
Ingredients
- 2 or 3 chicken breasts around 21 oz/600 g
- 17,6 oz/500 g gnocchi one standard package
- 1 medium - size zucchini
- 1 medium - size onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 17,6 oz/500 g tomato puree
- 2 tbsp Italian seasoning or dry oregano or basil
- 1 tsp sugar white or brown
- salt and pepper
- 7 oz/200 g mozzarella cheese or cheddar cheese If you like lots of cheese, you can use more
- olive oil or vegetable oil for frying
- 1 tsp sweet paprika powder optional
Instructions
- Cut the chicken cubes into smaller pieces. Sprinkle them with pepper and salt on both sides.
- Heat the oil in the large pan. Carefully place the chicken pieces in the hot oil and fry for 3-4 minutes until the chicken is cooked through. Remove from the oil and place them in the bowl.
- Cut one zucchini into smaller pieces and add to the pan. If necessary, add more oil. Sprinkle the zucchini with one tsp of Italian seasoning or other favorite dry herbs and cook for 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally. After frying, add to the bowl with chicken and mix everything.
- Tomato sauce. Pour some olive oil or oil into the pot, add the chopped onion and chopped garlic cloves and fry for about 2 minutes, stirring from time to time. Pour in the tomato puree, and season with a pinch of salt, pepper, sugar, and 1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning or oregano. You can also add sweet paprika powder. Simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 190 C/375 F.
- Pour 1/3 of the tomato sauce into the bottom of the baking dish. Then add half of the chicken zucchini mixture and then add the gnocchi. Top the gnocchi with 1/3 of the grated cheese. Then add about 3 tablespoons of the sauce and the rest of the chicken and zucchini. At the very end, pour the rest of the sauce and the rest of the grated cheese. Place in the oven and bake for approx. 20 - 25 minutes until the cheese is melted and begins to brown and the sauce is cooking around the edges of the casserole.