Avocado Tomato Chicken

We seem to eat a lot of chicken and because of that I am always looking for new and wonderful recipes so that our meals don't always taste the same.   Along with chicken recipes, I am also looking for wonderful flavours and spices to add to the recipes.

My hubby feels that a lot of the meals made here are very bland but then he is used to meals with lots of spices ~ ginger, garlic, anise.   That is probably true in a way as I grew up with only salt and pepper as my spices, although after I left home I did spread out to more spices.

I found this recipe from allrecipes.com by doing their ingredient search.  I had some avocados to use up and tomatoes.  I also read the comments that were added and this is what I came up with.  I think the spices complimented the chicken and vegetables.

Avocado Tomato Chicken 

 Adapted from California Chicken

Ingredients:

3-4 chicken breasts

1 tbsp plus 1 tsp olive oil

1 tsp cilantro (dried)

1 tsp rosemary (dried)

salt and pepper to taste

1 -2 avocados (pitted and sliced)

1-2 slices cooked bacon per chicken breast

3-4 tomato slices ~ 1 used one large slice per chicken

Monetary Jack Cheese ( I used shredded cheese and just added enough for taste) *

Directions

Pound chicken breast between wax paper until they are flat and approximately the same thickness.

Marinate chicken with 1 tbsp olive oil, cilantro and rosemary for 10 -15 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In skillet, warm 1 tsp oil, add chicken and cook on medium high heat until brown and just about done. I used my Lodge Cast Iron Skillet for this.  

Remove from heat and add *shredded cheese or cheese slices (2-3 slices) to each chicken breast.

Add 1 -2 bacon slices to each chicken breast.

Add 1 tomato slice to each chicken breast.  Season with salt and pepper.

Place oven safe skillet into oven and bake for 10-15 minutes until cheese has melted and chicken completely cooked.

Remove from oven and serve immediately with avocado slices onto of chicken.

Cooks Notes:  I used not quite a half of the avocado per chicken breast, the rest of the avocado we ate on the side.  Pit and slice avocados just before eating.


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