These chicken breasts are stuffed with flavor. Lots of gooey melty mozzarella cheese, spinach and sun dried tomatoes. Then they are breaded and baked.
When you stuff these chicken breasts, they will be quite full, but remember the spinach will cook down a lot. You will also have to be careful when breading the chicken breasts, if anything falls out just stuff it back in.
Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken
Ingredients:
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- black pepper, to taste
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, sliced
- 2 cups spinanch, chopped
- 1 cup sun dried tomato halves
- 1 egg
- 1 cup Italian style bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup basil leaves, chopped
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350ยบ F. Lightly spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Cut each chicken breasts in half horizontally, but stopping before cutting all the way across.
- Open the chicken breasts up flat and place the cheese, spinach and tomatoes inside. Close the chicken breasts back up.
- In a shallow bowl add the egg and beat it.
- In another shallow bowl add in the bread crumbs.
- Working with one chicken breasts at a time, carefully dip both sides in the egg and then into the bread crumbs press down to coat both sides well with bread crumbs. Then place the chicken breast in the prepared baking dish. Continue until all chicken breasts are done.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken breasts are completely cooked. Garnish with basil leaves.
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Nutrition Facts |
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Servings 4 |
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Amount Per Serving |
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Calories 502 |
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Total Fat |
16.8g |
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Saturated Fat |
7.5g |
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Polyunsaturated Fat |
0.4g |
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Monounsaturated Fat |
0.5g |
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Trans Fat |
0g |
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Cholesterol |
187.9g |
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Sodium |
879.3g |
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Potassium |
571.9g |
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Total Carbohydrates |
24g |
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Dietary Fiber |
2.8g |
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Sugars |
6.7g |
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Protein |
69.6g |
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Vitamin A 34.3% Vitamin C 20.4% |
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Calcium 12.2% Iron 23.4% |
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*Nutritional information will vary depending on the brands you use. |
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