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Cheese And Pesto Stuffed Chicken Breasts Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Mystic_river1 / All my dishes 4 months ago Easy to make, nutricious and healthy.Serve ith your favorite rice and a salad or veggie of your choice. From a 2004 Eating ell Magazine Low Calorie \| Low Carb \| Low Sodium \| Low Sat Fat \| High Calcium \| Heart Healthy \| Healthy Weight Prep:20m Cook:25m Servings:4	Mystic_rive
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Ingredients

The hard part of making this elegant dish is choosing the filling. Making a pocket in the chicken breast to hold the stuffing is easy, particularly if you use a good, sharp, thin-bladed knife. Browning the chicken in a skillet before baking gives it a beautiful golden color. Finishing it in the oven ensures that it cooks evenly throughout.

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2 tablespoons ricotta cheese

1 tablespoon basil pesto (store-bought or homemade) or chpped spinach

Freshly ground pepper to taste

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (1-1 1/4 pounds total)

1 egg white

1/2 cup plain dry breadcrumbs

2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil

Directions

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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mystic_river1 4 months ago said:
NUTRITION INFORMATION: Per serving: 233 calories; 7 g fat (2 g sat, 3 g mono); 71 mg cholesterol; 11 g carbohydrate; 30 g protein; 1 g fiber; 231 mg sodium.