Aysha's stuffed chicken breast. Stuffed chicken breasts pack your favorite ingredients into a quick and easy recipe that makes chicken desirable again. Chicken dinners can get real boring, real fast. Next time you cook up a chicken breast, try stuffing it with your favorite flavors — caprese, fajita.
On a cutting board, cut the chicken breasts in half, lengthwise, leaving it intact on one side.
Season the inside of the chicken with salt and pepper.
Why Stuff a Chicken Breast at All?
You can have Aysha's stuffed chicken breast using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Aysha's stuffed chicken breast
- It's of boneless skinless chicken breast.
- Prepare of pepper jack cheese (can use up to 6oz).
- It's of frozen spinach, thawed and drained (fresh cooked).
- It's of Olive oil.
- Prepare of sea salt.
- Prepare of black pepper.
- You need of cajun seasoning.
- You need of lots of toothpicks.
Chicken breasts have become such a ubiquitous dinner staple that they run the risk of getting boring week after week. Stuffing a chicken breast is both fun and flavorful. Splitting the breast helps both sides cook more quickly. How to make stuffed chicken breast.
Aysha's stuffed chicken breast instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Flatten chicken to 1/4 inch thickness.
- In a medium bowl combine the pepper jack cheese, spinach, salt and pepper.
- Spoon about 1/4 cup of the spinach mixture onto each chicken breast. Roll each chicken breast and fasten the seams with toothpicks. (This part requires a lil bit of skill I used about 8 toothpicks in each roll to ensure none of the filling seeps out.).
- Brush each chicken breast with the olive oil. Sprinkle the cajun seasoning evenly over all. Sprinkle any remaining spinach and cheese on top of chicken (optional).
- Place the chicken seam side up onto a tin foil-lined baking sheet (for easy cleanup).
- Bake for 35 to 40 mins or until chicken is cooked through.
- Remove toothpicks before serving. Serve whole or slice into medallions.
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