Chicken Breasts with Brown Butter-Garlic Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

  • 4 (6-oz.) skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
  • 3/4 teaspoon black pepper, divided
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 6 garlic cloves, sliced
  • 2 cups halved grape tomatoes
  • 3 tablespoons fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

Directions

  1. Season chicken with salt and pepper
  2. Add oil to pan and sear chicken, set aside. Do not wipe pan clean.
  3. Reduce heat to medium. Add 1 tablespoon oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, butter, and garlic to drippings in pan; cook 2 minutes or until butter just begins to brown, stirring frequently. Stir in tomatoes; cook 2 minutes or until tomatoes are wilted. Spoon tomato mixture over chicken; sprinkle with parsley.