Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Stuffed Chicken Breasts

These stuffed chicken breasts are the bomb! Seriously, its like a flavor explosion in your mouth! I have made these a few different ways, but tonight's dinner is chicken stuffed with spinach, roasted red peppers and goat cheese (and a few other staple pantry ingredients) and wrapped in prosciutto. This recipe is fairly easy to prepare and certain to impress! Its perfect for a tasty weeknight meal and fancy enough for guests. You can take this recipe and tweak it to suit your taste pretty easily.

RECIPE:

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed and pounded thin

2 cups of spinach, chopped

1tsp minced garlic

1/4 cup of roasted red bell peppers, roughly chopped

4 basil leaves

1, 4 oz container of goat cheese crumbles

1 package of prosciutto

drizzle of olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350F.

Mix spinach, garlic, bell peppers, goat cheese, salt and pepper together in a large bowl. Be careful not to over stir and make the goat cheese spread too much, just mix lightly. If it looks dry, you can add a drizzle of olive oil and mix a little more.

Next, place the chicken in a greased baking dish and sprinkle the exposed side with salt and pepper. Spoon the spinach mixture evenly onto the middle of each breast. Top with torn basil leaves. 

Please excuse my toes...

This next step is the trickiest, but its manageable. Take the ends of the chicken breast and bring them together, lay the prosciutto on top and tuck the ends of it underneath the chicken breast. This should create a wrap or pocket for the stuffed chicken.

Brush the prosciutto lightly with olive oil and bake on 350F for 25 minutes ( or until the juices run clear - adjust time depending on the size of your chicken breasts).

They are pictured above with a side of Mom's Zucchini Boats recipe! 

For variation - try subbing roasted red peppers for sun dried tomatoes, and goat cheese for feta! Great mediterranean flare! Also, non-pork eaters, simply leave off the prosciutto and rub the breasts with pesto for either recipe - it is delicious!