Chicken is a quick and tasty solution to be used in everyday life and for holidays. Today we are going to share this Easy Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breast, a delicious and easy to prepare the recipe. Spinach is one of the greens that combines best with chicken, and the chicken breast cooked in this recipe turns out super soft, juicy, and delicious. We can enjoy it at lunch during the week, at the weekend or we can take it with us to consume during our lunchtime in the work office.
Ingredients
- one chicken breast
- 100 g of cooked spinach
- 100 g of ricotta or cottage cheese
- 50 g baked bacon
- 2 tbsp ground Parmesan cheese
- 1-egg
- salt, pepper, nutmeg(facultative), olive oil
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Directions
- First, we prepare the filling. Soak the spinach in boiling salted water for about 2 minutes, drain well, and place in a kitchen blender. We will add the product in pieces, cottage cheese, grated cheese, egg, a little salt (if we have unsalted cottage cheese), pepper, nutmeg, and mix them with the food processor or blender to make a creamy mass.
- We clean the chicken breast from the bone, divide it into two parts according to the anatomical shape, and in each of the breast parts, with the help of a kitchen knife, we form a pocket.
- We will place the filling in a pastry bag, or with a small spoon, we will fill the chicken breast, taking care that the filling is not carried out to the brim so that the filling does not come out during cooking. We close the opening with a toothpick to make sure the filling will not come out.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- In a pan, we will add a little olive oil, and we will cook the chicken breasts covered with a lid until they get light frying on both sides. I used a double pan that cooks very soft foods keeping the broth inside it.
- Prepare a ceramic or glass casserole, sprinkle with a little olive oil and place the chicken breasts, to which we have added salt and pepper after frying in the pan. We set them to bake for 20-25 minutes until they get a golden color.
- Let it cool a bit and cut it into pieces using a sharp knife so that our shape does not break and the filling comes out from the pressure.
- Serve warm, accompanied by pilaf, oatmeal, baked potatoes, etc.
Bon Appetit!
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