Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Spinach, and Feta
I know I've seen some recipes for spinach stuffed chicken breasts, probably on Pinterest, but when I started looking, I didn't find any that were exactly what I was looking for. So I just put some stuff together, and it really turned out good. The flavors were amazing.
Sun-Dried Tomato, Spinach, and Feta Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 large handfuls fresh spinach
- Sea Salt
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 to 4 T. crumbled feta
- Heat tomatoes and oil in a skillet over medium high heat; add onions and garlic, and cook until onions become translucent. Add spinach and continue cooking until spinach is wilted. Add a pinch of sea salt, and set aside.
- Place a chicken breast between two sheets of plastic wrap and pound with a mallet or the bottom of a heavy pan until breast is about 1/4" thick.
- Spread half of tomato/spinach mixture on chicken breast. Crumble 1 to 2 T. feta on top and roll chicken breast up, starting with the narrowest end. Secure with toothpicks and transfer to a baking dish. Repeat process with second breast.
- Drizzle the breasts with any oil remaining in the skillet, season with salt and pepper, and bake at 350° F for 30 minutes.
- Let sit for 5 minutes; Remove toothpicks, slice and serve.
And that's it. It's really simple, and has me wondering why I haven't tried this before. There is a lot of going back and forth between handling raw chicken and spreading other ingredients or whatever, so it's really handy to have a sink full of soapy water while you do this. Or just keep using more soap and washing your hands like I did.
Spread tomato/spinach mixture on chicken; crumble feta on top |
Roll up, secure with toothpicks, and place in baking dish |
Of course, now that I've discovered how easy it is to make stuffed chicken breasts, I may have to find some other things to stuff them with too. What do you think? What would be good stuffed into a chicken breast?