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Chicken Feta

*This is known as the Tik-Tok Feta recipe and my family loves it!  The Feta sauce is delicious with the broccoli!*

Ingredients

  • 6 chicken thighs
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Italian seasoning
  • 1 block feta cheese
  • 1 quart small tomatoes
  • 1 box penne pasta
  • broccoli florets

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400

  2. Place block of Feta cheese in middle of 9x13 pan; arrange small tomatoes around cheese and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper, and Italian seasoning

  3. Sear chicken thighs in an oven safe skillet.  Season with olive oil, salt, and pepper

  4. Place the skillet with chicken in oven

  5. Place the 9x13 pan of cheese and tomatoes in the oven

  6. Bake both for 35 minutes

  7. Start a pot of salted water to boil for penne pasta; cook according to box

  8. Scatter the broccoli florets on separate sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil and salt

  9. Place broccoli in the oven with other items for the last 20 minutes of baking

  10. Remove the chicken from pan and let rest

  11. Remove the broccoli from the oven and let rest

  12. Take a potato masher and mash the tomatoes and feta until a creamy consistency

  13. Plate pasta, feta sauce, and chicken thigh on top; broccoli on the side

Recipe Notes

*If you cannot find chicken thighs, I use chicken breast strips and sear them in a skillet with olive oil, salt and pepper.*