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One of my favorite herbs is basil. I love the way it smells when I cut it from my garden, I love the way it goes perfectly with tomatoes and mozzarella, I love it in a pesto sauce, the list goes on and on. One of my favorite ways to cook with basil is in my Basil Spinach Pesto. This pesto can be used in so many different ways and one great way is this Pesto & Cheese Stuffed Chicken recipe. One of my hubby’s annual Valentine’s Day tradition is to cook me dinner (versus going out and dealing with the crowds & busy restaurants). One year, hubby made stuffed chicken breasts for me. I was so impressed because I never tackled making stuffed chicken breasts before thinking that it was a difficult recipe. This Pesto & Cheese Stuffed Chicken recipe is easy to make. Don’t be like I was and let the thought of making stuffed chicken overwhelm you – it really is easy!
The main ingredients of this recipe are your chicken and your pesto. Once you have your ingredients ready to go, flatten your chicken with a meat mallet and spread the pesto and cheese mixture on it (see recipe and directions below).
Then roll your chicken, dip it in egg and coat with the bread crumb mixture, place it in the baking sheet and bake for 30-35 minutes. Serve with a simple salad, and you have a well rounded meal! How easy is that? (See below for the recipe ingredients and directions.)
Pesto & Cheese Stuffed Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
2 chicken breasts
¼ cup of pesto
¼ cup of shredded mozzarella
1 egg
½ cup bread crumbs
1/3 cup shredded parmesan cheese
salt
pepper
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and lightly coat an 8×8 baking dish
2. In a small bowl mix together pesto and mozzarella, salt and pepper
3. In another bowl, whisk egg with 1 tsp. of water
4. In a 3rd bowl, mix bread crumbs and parmesan cheese
5. Flatten chicken with a meat mallet
6. Spread pesto/cheese mix on chicken
7. Roll chicken up and secure with toothpicks (it might be messy at this point, and that’s okay!)
8. Dip chicken in egg, making sure it’s fully coated
9. Transfer chicken to bread crumb mixture and fully coat
10. Place chicken in baking dish and repeat with 2nd piece
11. Bake chicken for 30-35 minutes at 375 (chicken should be firm to the touch)
Enjoy!
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This recipe is adapted from Kalyn’s Kitchen
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This look great. I’m going go try it next week. I love pesto
Awesome Roxanne! Let me know your thoughts after you make it! 🙂