chickenmain dishrecipes January 27, 2020

Smothered Cheesy Sour Cream Chicken

  • Smothered Cheesy Sour Cream Chicken: Fast, easy, delicious baked chicken dish that the whole family will LOVE! 10 min prep time & the oven takes care of the rest!

  • chicken breasts
  • slices mozzarella
  • cup sour cream
  • 3/4 cup Parmesan, freshly grated, divided
  • tablespoon corn starch
  • teaspoon dried oregano
  • teaspoon dried basil
  • teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, freshly ground
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper, freshly ground
  • Parsley, chopped, for garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Coat rectangular baking dish with a little olive oil.
Mix sour cream with a half cup of Parmesan, salt and pepper, oregano and basil, garlic powder and cornstarch together.
Lay your chicken breasts in baking dish, top each with a slice of mozzarella  and smother the chicken with the sour cream mixture. Top with 1/4 cup remaining  Parmesan.
Cook for 1 hour. 
Serve chicken over rice. Top with chopped parsley for garnish. 

Tried this last night from my Pinterest Board. It can be found here:

NOTES: I doubled the sauce – the chicken breasts were large and I would definitely cut them in half before baking if I did it again. We served with thick egg noodles and a fresh green salad.