This is a wonderful recipe! I've made it as instructed and at times when I'm short on time, I've even stuffed the chicken with boursin cheese or aloutte garlic and herb cheese. Same delicious result, but in a shorter time frame!
Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Garlic and Herbed Goat Cheese
Becky Luigart-Stayner; Leigh Ann Ross
Roasting the garlic mellows its bite and gives the stuffing a subtle hint of flavor. Stuff the chicken breasts up to a day ahead, refrigerate, and cook them just before guests arrive. Garnish each plate with a rosemary sprig.
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 stuffed chicken breast half)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 238
- Calories from fat: 31%
- Fat: 8.1g
- Saturated fat: 3.3g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.1g
- Protein: 37.3g
- Carbohydrate: 1.9g
- Fiber: 0.2g
- Cholesterol: 101mg
- Iron: 1.5mg
- Sodium: 292mg
- Calcium: 46mg
Ingredients
- 1 whole garlic head
- 1/3 cup (3 ounces) goat cheese with herbs, softened
- 6 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Remove white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate the cloves). Wrap head in foil. Bake at 350° for 1 hour; cool 10 minutes. Separate cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Discard skins. Combine garlic pulp and cheese, stirring well; set aside.
- Cut a horizontal slit through thickest portion of each chicken breast half to form a pocket. Stuff about 4 teaspoons cheese mixture into each pocket. Sprinkle chicken evenly on both sides with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan; cook 3 minutes or until lightly browned. Turn chicken over. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a thermometer registers 165°; let stand 5 minutes.
Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Garlic and Herbed Goat Cheese Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Make-Ahead, 5 Ingredients or Less
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Poultry
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Carbohydrate
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- OCCASION: Autumn
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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