Feta And Olive Stuffed Chicken
- 3/4 cup chicken stock
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon minced shallot
- 1 lemon (zest and juice)
- 2 ounces feta
- 10 black olives
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon garlic olive oil
- combine 1/4 cup chicken broth, 1/4 cup white wine, 1/2 of the lemon (zest and juice), 1/2 tsp garlic, 1 tsp shallot, 1/2 tsp sea salt and 1/4 tsp pepper in a bowl with chicken breasts. let marinate about an hour.
- combine feta, black olives and 1 tsp dried parsley in a food processor until finely chopped.
- remove chicken from marinate and cut a pocket into your chicken breasts, the best way is to hold the breast in your hand and cut into about 2/3 down, leaving the bottom sealed but opening up the top to fill each with half the filling.
- fill each breast with half the filling.
- warm a skillet to medium heat, add garlic olive oil.
- place chicken breasts in pan, cooking 6-8 minutes per side, or until juices run clear.
- remove chicken from pan, add remaining 1/2 cup of chicken stock, remaining half of lemon (juice and zest) and 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter. stir with whisk to incorporate all the brown bits on the pan.
- warm gravy for about 3-4 minutes.
- return chicken to the pan, spooning gravy over the chicken like a warm bath.
- best served with steamed green beans.
chicken stock, white wine, garlic, shallot, lemon, feta, black olives, parsley, salt, ground pepper, unsalted butter, chicken breasts, garlic olive oil
Taken from food52.com/recipes/9419-feta-and-olive-stuffed-chicken (may not work)