So, before cooking your chicken in the oven, sprinkle with some parmesan to make a crispy crust - my favorite part of this dish. Remember to be careful because of you brown your butter in excess you can end with a brown roux that may be great for another recipe but definitely not for this chicken. Spoon of cheese mixture into the middle of the. (careful not to cut all the way through) Blend spinach, cream cheese, parmesan cheese, chives and garlic in medium bowl. With your hand placed flat on each piece, cut about quarter of the way through. Usually, a big chicken breast can hold up to 2 tbsp of filling.įinally, the cream is just a classic white cream: butter, flour, and milk. Place each chicken breast on a flat surface. You just need to make the “pocket” for the filling. To stuff the chicken breast you need to make a cut lengtwise, without separating the breast into two separated pieces. The garlic is the ingredients that have the strongest flavor and it works beautifully with the spinach. First, we need to make the filling that just has three main ingredients: Cream cheese - I use low fat cream cheese just because I like to feel less guilty - fresh spinach and garlic. This recipe is pretty simple and it can be achieved in 30 minutes or less. Combine cream cheese, sour cream or mayonnaise, minced garlic, chopped spinach, chopped bacon, Parmesan cheese, salt, garlic powder, and ¼ cup of mozzarella cheese in a medium bowl. Tender chicken breasts stuffed with a creamy and garlicky filling and covered in a white thick cream. Line a baking sheet or grease an oven-safe pan. I could make it blindfolded and it would be yummy as ever. This spinach and cheese stuffed chicken breast is one of my signature dishes.

Spinach and cheese stuffed chicken