Chicken Breast Strips with Vegetables

All the veggies I used in this recipe were from my gardenand it did taste very fresh. From start to finish it took just little under 30minutes.

Main thing is to do all the prep first, start boiling waterfor pasta and you are on a roll. Also, I just do not like mushy vegetables,texture is terrible, they are tasteless and void of any vitamins, so I cookthem just until they are al dente or “soft to the tooth”. Same goes with the chickenbreasts, they are so easy to overcook. I just cook them till juices run clearwhen pierced with sharp point of knife or if there is no pink meat when you cuthalf way in.

I served this meal with wide noodles but I could have used gnocchi,rice or even potatoes with this sauce.

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts cut into 1” strips across

3 shallots or 1/2 medium onion, chopped

2 cloves of garlic, chopped

1 cup of chopped eggplant

2 red peppers, seeded and chopped

3 tomatoes, chopped or small can whole tomatoes

1 tsp. dry basil or 1 Tbs. fresh chopped basil

1 Tbs. balsamic vinegar

Salt and pepper

2 Tbs. olive oil

Wide noodles or gnocchi,rice or even potatoes

Season the chicken breast strips with salt and pepper andcoat with 1 Tbs. of olive oil. (I like to use small but deep stainless steelbowl.)

Cook pasta, toss in tablespoon of butter and keep warm.

Heat remaining oil in medium hot frying pan or skillet, dropin the chicken strips and cook on all sides. Test if they are done and removeto bowl. Set aside and keep them warm.

In the same skillet sauté shallots and garlic until shallotsare translucent and garlic is fragrant, then add eggplant, peppers and tomatoesand cook on medium high heat until peppers feel soft, about 5 minutes.

Add basil and balsamic vinegar and stir to mix.

Add pasta, chicken strips and mix till pasta is coated withthe sauce and chicken and pasta are reheated.

Serve on warm plates and garnish with extra basil.