Chicken Breasts Stuffed With Sun-dried Tomatoes And Green Olives
From pleclare 15 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Wonderful flavors in these stuffed chicken breasts.
Ingredients
- Pinch of saffron(about 15 threads) shopping list
- 1/4c extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 21/2 tsp fresh lemon juive shopping list
- 11/2tsp mild honey,such as clover shopping list
- 1/2tsp fresh grated lemon zest shopping list
- 1/4tsp crushed red pepper shopping list
- 1 lg. clove garlic,peeled and crushed shopping list
- kosher salt shopping list
- 1/4c drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes,very coarsely chopped shopping list
- 1/4c pitted green olives shopping list
- 1/4c loosely packed fresh flat leaf parsley,coarsely chopped shopping list
- 4 split skin-on bone-in chicken breasts(3 to 31/2lbs) shopping list
- fres black pepper shopping list
How to make it
- Position rack in middle of oven and heat to 425.
- Soak saffron in 2 tsp hot water for 5 mins. In food rocessor,puree saffron and soaking water with olive oil,lemon juice,lemon zest,pepper flakes,garlic and 1/2tsp salt. Add sun-dried tomatoes,olives and parsley. Pulse to form coarsely chopped stuffing(should be coarser than pesto).
- Use fingers to make small opening between skin and flesh of the breasts Run finger under skin to seperate from breasts,making a pocket and being careful not to detach edges of skin.Stuff the tomato mixture into the pocket,distributing it evenly over the chicken. Pat the skin back in place and season with 1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper.
- Line heavy duty rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. Roast the chicken on the baking sheet until juices run clear and thermometer reads 165,about 30 mins
The Rating
Reviewed by 7 people-
Sounds like a wonderful dish. Loaded with flavors. Five!
quaziefly
in ALL POINTS loved it
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anything chicken is alright with me
karlyn255
in Ypsilanti loved it
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love chicken it sounds great right now and its only 8;44 am lol
thank you
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