Chicken Scaloppine With Sage And Fontina Cheese - Giada

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 (4 1/2-5 1/2 ounce) chicken cutlets, pounded thin
• salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 6 sage leaves
• 3 ounces grated fontina cheese
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, halved
• 1/2 cup wine
• 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 6 -12 toothpicks

Recipe

• 1 place chicken cutlets on clean work surface with narrow end facing you.
• 2 sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 3 place one sage leaf crosswise on each piece of chicken.
• 4 sprinkle each piece of chicken with about 2 tbs. of fontina cheese.
• 5 roll up chicken and secure with one or two toothpicks.
• 6 warm olive oil and halved garlic clove in large skillet over medium heat for about 2 minutes.
• 7 add chicken and brown on all sides, about 3 mins per side.
• 8 remove chicken and remove and discard garlic halves.
• 9 add wine and simmer for about 2 mins, while scraping up brown bits from bottom of pan with wooden spoon.
• 10 combine tomatoes and red pepper flakes in blender and blend until smooth.
• 11 add tomato mixture to reduced wine in pan.
• 12 simmer for about 5 mins for flavors to marry.
• 13 return chicken to pan.
• 14 simmer chicken in tomato sauce for about 10 minutes.
• 15 turn chicken over and simmer until cooked through, about 5-7 minutes.
• 16 remove chicken from pan.
• 17 season tomato sauce with salt and pepper.
• 18 spoon sauce onto plates or platter.
• 19 cut chicken into 1" rounds.
• 20 remove toothpicks.
• 21 place chicken over sauce and serve immediately.