Fresh Tomato Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 chicken breasts
• 5 fresh tomatoes, diced or 1 (800 g) can tomatoes, drained and flesh diced
• 3 -4 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• ground pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano or 1 tablespoon fresh oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil or 1 tablespoon fresh basil
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 cup grated low-fat cheese (i prefer tasty)

Recipe

• 1 arrange chicken in an ovenproof dish.
• 2 they should not overlap.
• 3 in a bowl combine everything else but the cheese.
• 4 mix well.
• 5 cover the chicken with the mixture.
• 6 cover with foil.
• 7 leave this until you want it, it works well if you do it in the morning but it is not necessary.
• 8 bake at 180c for 45 minutes.
• 9 remove foil.
• 10 sprinkle with cheese and bake for 15 minutes.
• 11 the cheese does not need to brown unless you really want it to, i like it just oozy.
• 12 serve one breast per person on rice or pasta or couscous.
• 13 even mashed potato could be nice although i've never tried it.