Friday, October 12, 2012

Cream Cheese and Pesto Stuffed Chicken

We made THE-BEST-MEAL-EVER tonight!  We teamed these AMAZING (and so simple)! chicken breasts with brown rice, and Roasted Butternut Squash with Pecans, Dried Cherries, and Blue Cheese.  It was filed immediately into our Sodahl favs!  It was just so simple and great!!  
Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 egg white
1/2 cup plain dry breadcrumbs
2 teaspoons olive oil 
4 tablespoons reduced-fat cream cheese
1 tablespoon basil pesto (
Fresh ground pepper to taste



Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.

Combine cream cheese, pesto and pepper in a small bowl with a fork.

Cut a horizontal slit along the thin, long edge of a chicken breast half, nearly through to the opposite side. Open up each breast and place one-fourth of the filling in the center. Close the breast over the filling, pressing the edges firmly together to seal. Repeat with the remaining chicken breasts and filling.

Lightly beat egg white with a fork in a medium bowl. Place breadcrumbs in a shallow glass dish. Hold each chicken breast half together and dip in the egg white, then dredge in the breadcrumbs. (Discard leftovers.)

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken breasts; cook until browned on one side, about 2 minutes. Place the chicken, browned-side up, on the prepared baking sheet. Bake until the chicken is no longer pink in the center or until an instant-read thermometer registers 170°F, about 20 minutes.

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