Easy One Pan Italian Dressing Roast Chicken + Fresh Tomato Sauce. We have been making this dish for years and have yet to get tired of it! Great add-ins are chopped carrot, peppers and roasted red peppers. A few of our favorite chicken breast recipes are this simple Chicken Breasts with Easy Mushroom Pan Sauce. or this Seared Chicken in Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Sauce that you mix up in a blender using store bought jarred roasted red peppers!

By roasting the chicken atop fresh tomatoes, you get a lot of moist, juicy. Ingredients of Easy One Pan Italian Dressing Roast Chicken + Fresh Tomato Sauce Prepare of For the chicken:. Another great side for the Italian Chicken in tomato sauce would be these roasted smashed potatoes with garlic and parmesan. You can have Easy One Pan Italian Dressing Roast Chicken + Fresh Tomato Sauce using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Easy One Pan Italian Dressing Roast Chicken + Fresh Tomato Sauce

Prepare of For the chicken:.
You need 3 of lbs. bone-in, skin-on chicken drumsthighs, ea piece scored twice on the skin side, down to the bone, about 2"long & 1" apart.
You need 1/3 cup of Italian dressing (well shaken) + 1 teaspoon garlic salt mixed in a small bowl.
You need 1/4 cup of grated dry cheese (like Parmesan, Asiago, Manchego, etc...).
Prepare of For the fresh tomato sauce:.
It's 2 of baskets grape or cherry tomatoes (about 4 cups).
Prepare 1 of small yellow onion, chopped.
It's 3 Tablespoons of olive oil.
It's 1 Tablespoon of dried Italian herbs OR 3 Tablespoons chopped fresh herbs.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of sugar (if needed to round out the acid in the dressing).

Now here's one last tip before getting to the recipe. To make this Italian chicken in creamy tomato sauce even more delicious, add plenty of herbs like parsley, thyme and basil. Trust me, this will make it super flavorful. Mushrooms, squash, zucchini, eggplant all work great in Roast Chicken with Sheet Pan Tomato Sauce.

Easy One Pan Italian Dressing Roast Chicken + Fresh Tomato Sauce Directions

In a large mixing bowl, combine the chicken and dressing mixture and toss gently several times to coat the chicken thoroughly. Take some of the run off dressing mixture and work it into each score. Let the chicken sit while you're preparing the tomato sauce components..
In your roasting vessel, add all the tomato sauce components and give them a few good stirs to evenly distribute all the ingredients and seasonings..
Lay your chicken skin side up atop the tomato mixture, leaving a little space between the pieces. Make sure to put any leftover marinade into the pan, too..
Pop the pan into the middle rack of the oven, turn it up to 425F, set the timer for 60 minutes, and sometime in the next 60 minutes, boil whatever pasta you'd like to have with your tomato sauce, drain, toss it with a teaspoon or so of olive oil so it won't stick, and set it aside. I'm a big fan of the cold, shallow water method..
After 60 minutes, sprinkle the grated cheese in equal portions atop the chicken pieces, and put it back on the top rack of the oven for 10 to 15 minutes. (Check at the 10 minute mark to see if it's done to your liking or if it could use just a few more minutes in the oven.).
I like to put the chicken on its own platter and serve the pasta on the side and just spoon the tomato sauce, broth and all, over the pasta..
Enjoy! :).

Just toss it on the pan and bake it up. We then add some butter, onions, and garlic to the skillet, and follow up with wine, tomatoes, tomato paste, capers, and half & half. Like I said, there are so many ways to use this easy tomato sauce beyond the usual pasta and sauce routine. A few of my favorite ways to eat this roasted tomato sauce include: I add a cup or so of milk or half and half and warm it up for a flavorful tomato soup. One-Pan Cream Chicken and Spinach is a comforting creamy chicken dinner with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach.