Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Name: Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 large boneless skinless chicken breasts; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 tablespoon olive oil (for browning chicken); 1 tablespoon oil (to saute onion & garlic); 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1/3 cup olive; 1/3 cup oil-packed sun-dried tomato, chopped (optional); 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley; 1 -2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil; 1 1/2 cups shredded marble cheese; 1 pinch cayenne pepper; 1/2 cup chicken broth; 1/2 cup white wine or 1 cup broth; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley; 1 finely chopped green onion; pepper

Submitted by Dancer

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photo by Marissa Reedhead

Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 17
Serves:: 4

ingredients

4 large boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil (for browning chicken)
1 tablespoon oil (to saute onion & garlic)
Stuffing
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
¹⁄₃ cup olive
¹⁄₃ cup oil-packed sun-dried tomato, chopped (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 -2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh basil
1 ¹⁄₂ cups shredded marble cheese
1 pinch cayenne pepper
Sauce
¹⁄₂ cup chicken broth
¹⁄₂ cup white wine or 1 cup broth
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 finely chopped green onion
pepper

directions

In a large non-stick frying pan over med.
heat, sauté onion and garlic in 1 tbsp.
of oil until soft (about 3-4 min.) Cool.
Add onion and garlic mixture to remaining stuffing ingredients and mix together in a medium sized bowl.
With a rolling pin or meat pounder, flatten chicken breasts.
Divide stuffing equally in the centre of each breast.
Tightly roll chicken around the stuffing, tucking in the ends.
Seal with toothpicks.
In the same frying pan, add 1 tbsp.
each of olive oil and butter.
Over med-high heat, brown the stuffed chicken breasts, turning several times, for 5 min.
Reduce heat to med-low; cover pan and simmer for 10 min.
turning occasionally.
Remove chicken from pan and keep warm.
Increase heat to high, add sauce ingredients and boil until liquid is reduced by half.
Slice each breast into 4 pieces, drizzle sauce over chicken, and serve.

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Reviews

Excellent and easy. My family loved this recipe. We did not use the olives and used cheddar cheese and the chicken was perfect..thanks

Jamme Stefko
This was very good, I doubled the recipe, but in half used cilantro instead of basil and cheese with jalapeno and peppers. it is good too. Now I have two recipes in one:) Thanks

jan007
This dish is wonderfull.I used a mixture of cheddar cheese and jack cheese.I left out the olives (not a big hit in my house)and sundried tomatoes(just counldn't find them.This was a change from the same old chicken i was used to having. thank you!

Xexe383
I love this meal and it is so easy to make!

cmleerkes
Loved this chicken. This is a keeper. Can't wait to serve it to friends/family.

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Tweaks

Delicious! I was out of olives, but did use the sundried tomatoes. Having no fresh parsley or basil on hand, I used fresh sage and thyme. Substituted black pepper for the cayenne. Thanks for another great recipe, Dancer^. I will definitely make this again! The only difficult part is rolling up the chicken, which is never my favorite task. I was amazed that all the stuffing actually remained inside the chicken; a rare occurance in my world! Yum (:

WiccaChikka
This was very good, I doubled the recipe, but in half used cilantro instead of basil and cheese with jalapeno and peppers. it is good too. Now I have two recipes in one:) Thanks

jan007