This was delicious and really easy.
Spinach and Blue Cheese Chicken
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 263
- Fat: 9.4g
- Saturated fat: 3.3g
- Sodium: 566mg
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons oil
- 3 cups baby spinach
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 cup blue cheese
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 ounce prosciutto, chopped
- 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Cooking spray
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 350°. Heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil. Add spinach and minced garlic, and sauté for 2 minutes. Combine spinach, blue cheese, flour, and chopped prosciutto. Cut a 1-inch-wide slit into the thick end of chicken breast halves, and carefully cut down to center of chicken to form a pocket. Divide spinach mixture evenly among pockets. Secure with wooden picks. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Heat pan over medium-high heat; coat pan with cooking spray. Add chicken; sauté 4 minutes. Turn chicken over. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes; let stand 5 minutes.
Spinach and Blue Cheese Chicken Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Make-Ahead
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Poultry
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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