Italian Stuffed Chicken Recipes

Steps:

• Place the bread crumbs in a large resealable plastic bag.
• Place the chicken between two pieces of wax paper and pound the chicken to flatten a little.
• Add this to the bag of crumbs and shake to coat.
• In a large skillet, over medium heat, brown the chicken in the oil.
• Remove from skillet.
• Place half of a cheese slice and two tablespoons of spinach (squeezed dry) down the center of each piece of chicken.
• Fold chicken over the filling and secure with a toothpick.
• Place in a greased 9-inch square baking dish.
• Top with spaghetti sauce and bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until heated.
• Discard toothpick and serve.

Steps:

• Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and sauté half of the chopped onion until soft.
• Add the spinach and continue cooking over a medium heat, adding a touch of water if needed, until the spinach is wilted.
• Take off the heat and let cool for a moment, before stirring in just over half of the mozzarella cheese.
• Cool until you can comfortably handle the mixture.
• Meanwhile, cut a slit lengthways along each chicken breast but be careful not to cut them in half.
• You want to end up with a little pouch in each one.
• When the spinach mixture is cool, stuff each breast with as much of the mixture as you can.
• You may not use it all.
• Cover the chicken with some cling film and set in the fridge while you make the sauce.
• Heat some more olive oil in a saucepan and sauté the remaining onion and jalapeno pepper until soft.
• Add the chopped tomatoes, water, stock cube and oregano.
• Simmer for about 10 minutes until the flavours blend and the mixture starts to thicken.
• Stir in the tomato paste, season with salt and pepper and let simmer a few minutes more until you have a fairly thick sauce.
• Preheat the oven to 180 C or 350 degrees F.
• Put enough sauce in a casserole dish to cover the bottom.
• Lay in the chicken breasts and then cover with the remaining sauce.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes, then pull out of the oven briefly to scatter the remaining mozarella cheese on top.
• Turn on the grill and cook just until the cheese is bubbling and browned.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine 1 1/2 cup Italian cheese blend, garlic, basil, and oregano in a bowl. Combine Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs in a separate bowl.
• Cut one side of each chicken breast through the middle horizontally to within one-half inch of the other side. Open the two sides and spread them out like an open book. Lightly pound chicken to flatten. Fill each chicken breast with Italian cheese blend mixture and close like a book over the filling. Coat the outside of each chicken breast with egg; press bread crumb mixture over egg layer to coat each chicken breast. Arrange chicken breasts in a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 45 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Pour spaghetti sauce over cooked chicken; top with 1/4 cup Italian cheese blend. Bake until sauce is bubbling and cheese is melted, about 5 more minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Beat the olives or sundried tomatoes, garlic and almost all the herbs into the cheese, then season. Cut a slit along the side of each chicken breast, then use your knife to open it out into a pocket.
• Stuff each breast with a quarter of the cheese mix, then press to close. Lift onto a greased baking tray. Season the top of the chicken, then overlap tomato slices over the top of each piece of chicken. Season, then scatter with the remaining herbs. Drizzle with olive oil.
• Roast for 20 mins until the chicken is golden around the edges and the tomatoes look a little shrivelled. Serve with a green salad and crusty bread to mop up the juices.