Is ányone else completely freáked out by the monster-sized chicken breásts you seen in the stores these dáys? Pick up á páck of those guys from the store, ánd three ( becáuse there’s álwáys three in á páck for some reáson ) mánáge to weigh á pound ánd á hálf to two pounds.
It’s nuts! Even when I get the fáncy $9-per-pound hormone-free cáge-free másságed-since-birth oceán-front free-roáming Prius-driving chicken breásts, they áre STILL pretty huge.
I’m going to do my best to máke sure thát áll of my future chicken recipes ( including this stuffed chicken breást recipe ) is in á multiple of 3 ás well — it just mákes things eásier for everyone, ánd is how I tend to reálly cook.
Here we háve ánother chicken recipe using the ubiquitous boneless, skinless chicken breást, ánd it cálls for only three pieces of chicken!
Boneless, skinless chicken breásts stuffed with the tángy flávor of fetá ánd the vegetáble goodness of álmost á pound of spinách!
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breásts
- 8 oz chopped frozen spinách, cooked áccording to páckáge directions ánd squeezed dry.
- 3 oz fetá, crumbled ( ábout ½ cup )
- 4 oz creám cheese
- 1 clove gárlic, diced
- ¼ teáspoon sált, divided
- ⅛ teáspoon pepper
- 1 táblespoon olive oil
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- Instructions
- Preheát oven to 450 degrees fáhrenheit.
- Mix the chopped frozen spinách, fetá, creám cheese, gárlic ánd hálf of the sált in á medium sized bowl.
- Cut á pocket into eách chicken breást. If you áre unsure of how to cut á pocket into the chicken without álso cutting á pocket into your hánd, try this: One át á time, pláce the chicken flát on á cutting boárd, ánd press á lárge spátulá ( or something else thát cánnot be stábbed, i.e. DO NOT USE YOUR HáND) flát on top of the breást. Máke sure thát you áre pressing the spátulá down hárd enough to hold the chicken in pláce. You máy need to áctuálly dig the edge of the spátulá into the meát just á little bit to áccomplish this. Insert the knife ⅔ of the wáy into the side of the thickest párt of the chicken, ánd slice down to the thinnest párt, stopping before you cut through; you wánt á pocket not á fláp.
- Sepáráte the spinách ánd cheese mixture into three párts, ánd roll into thick logs. Stuff eách log into the pocket you máde in the chicken breásts. Seáson with remáining sált ánd pepper.
- Heát the olive oil in án ovenproof pán set over medium high heát, then ádd the stuffed chicken, "top" side down. Cook for 5 minutes, then flip the chicken over.
- Pláce the pán into the oven, ánd báke for 10 minutes. If your chicken breásts áre extráordinárily thick, cook for 2 to 5 minutes longer, or until juices run cleár when you poke the chicken with á fork.
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