Between a long commute and even longer work day, I barely have time to get anything decent on the table during the week. Surely, I am not alone in this? One of my main strategies is to make a good and rather large dinner on Sunday night, so we can nosh on leftovers Monday night. Somehow, knowing I’m coming home with dinner ready to go makes facing Monday a bit easier. The rest of the week its literally a hodge podge of meals that can be made pretty quickly. And I’m always on the hunt for a good, easy weeknight meal. Something to spice it up from our usual routine.
When I stumbled upon this one dish meal on AllRecipes.com, it peaked my interest enough to give it a go. The result was indeed an easy and quick meal that lasted two nights. I wasn’t necessarily wowed by it, even with a few of my adjustments, yet we kept going back to put more on our plates. Maybe it’s the homey texture of chicken and stuffing, but with a few more tweaks I think we might have ourselves a week night winner. Even just as it was, our plates were definitely clean!
After cutting chicken breasts and placing them in the baking dish, I sprinkled on a layer of mozzarella.
Only to be followed by a sprinkling of fresh basil.
Next up is a layer of the tomato and stuffing mixture.
A little more cheese before hitting the oven…
and voila! Dinner is served!
I’ve included the full recipe that I used below. Although I would love to hear how you would spice up this dish? I think next time I will use fresh mozzarella chunks and perhaps some red pepper flakes. Thoughts?
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – cubed
- 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- ½ cup water
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 (6 ounce) box chicken-flavored dry bread stuffing mix
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- I/4 cup minced basil
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 9×13-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.
- Place the chicken in a layer into the bottom of the baking dish.
- Stir together tomatoes, tomato paste, water, garlic, and stuffing mix in a large bowl; set aside to soften.
- Sprinkle cheese on top of the chicken, then sprinkle with the Italian seasoning and basil. Spread the softened stuffing mixture on top and sprinkle with any leftover cheese.
- Bake uncovered about 30 minutes.
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One dish is the way to go….Im saving this recipe….looks awesome…my kiddos would LOVE it!!!
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hmmm i have never seen this before…interesting!
Lilac and Grey
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When it comes to long and exhausting commutes, you are most definitely not alone. I feel your pain! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe. This is something totally up my alley and might easily become a regular in my rotation of weeknight meals.
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Easy, quick, and looks great–that is right up our alley.
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this looks so so good and super easy. i think i even have all of the ingredients on hand! thanks for sharing – i’m always looking for quick and yummy weeknight dishes.
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That looks good! I think adding red pepper would be a good call. And maybe some peas to the stuffing mix? Yum. I think I’ll be trying this!
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I am so excited to make this! Thanks for the great idea!
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Thanks for this posting! I cannot wait to make it!
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Ooh, this looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!
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It looks so delicious!!! Definitely bookmarking this.
Belly B
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Yum, that looks super good!
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Ooh love the easy recipe! I would definitely want to try something similar soon (I can’t find the stuffing mix easily so we’ll see what else works!)
xoxo,
Chic ‘n Cheap Living
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Thanks for sharing this receipe… I’ll try it tonight !!
Mary xx
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I love one pot dishes and this one looks delicious. More recipe posts please
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This looks & sounds so delicious! I definitely need to give this a try.
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No you are not alone, me & the boy used to cook 3 times/wk. lately are schedules have been opposite & I usually go out, but this makes me want to cook more. Looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe.
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Oh yum! I love hearty and flavorful dishes like these.
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I want to try this recipe – it looks so good!
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Oooh, yum! This sounds so good, especially with stuffing incorporated
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Yum! This looks super tasty and so easy.
xo Josie
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that sounds soooo good!
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This looks amazing… must make! Yum.
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always looking for a quick and yum recipe to throw together
might use rotel tomotoes to spice things up and maybe marinate chicken in italian dressing or something just for a bit more flavor
brett
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this is so easy and looks yummy! thanks- going to bookmark
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Sounds delicious! Thinking I might try it with tofu instead. ~jen
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This looks beyond amazing…love that it’s simple too! Must try soon!
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i’ having to try it out!
looks such a terrific and good looking dish!
now i’m hungry.
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This looks and sounds scrumptious! I’m all for easy weeknight meals, in fact I’m also sharing one today!
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It looks delicious! I would try using freshly grated parm reggiano, rather than the pre-grated packaged parm. Red pepper flakes is a great idea! You might even consider using a fresh marinara sauce instead of the diced tomatoes or sun-dried tomatoes even. I love your idea of adding mozzarella as well. Yum!
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i am going to have to make this dish! it looks so yummy. how do you find time to blog and respond to other bloggers?? regardless you rock girlie!
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Ooh, that looks so yummy! The red pepper flakes idea sounds amazing, too.
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That looks soooooooo good! Where’s mine?
*kisses* HH
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