Broccoli and Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 box/bag of frozen chopped broccoli
- shredded mozzerella cheese
- salt/pepper
- butter
- garlic (optional)
- box of toothpicks (non-colored, because colored ones will bleed into the chicken, TRUST ME!)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Cook broccoli as directed on box/bag
- Trim fat from chicken breasts while the broccoli is cooking and salt and pepper each side to taste.
- Flatten chicken with a meat tenderizer until about 1/4 to 1/2" thick (the flatter you get your chicken breasts the more stuffing you can add in the middle) Set Chicken aside.
- Grease a 9 x 12 baking pan with oil or cooking spray such as PAM.
- Drain broccoli after finished cooking, and put in a bowl for later use (it doesn't matter if the broccoli gets cold in this process)
- Return to chicken and place a spoonful of broccoli and a spoonful of cheese and roll up jelly-roll style (sometimes this doesn't work the best, and you may just have to make due while securing with toothpicks)
- Use as many toothpicks as needed to secure your chicken.
- You may also want to close the sides so the cheese and broccoli will not escape.
- Arrange the chicken on the 9 x 12 pan and top with a little butter.
- (you may want to melt butter and brush on or you may not want to use butter, but it tastes better with it to me)
- Use left over broccoli to sprinkle in the pan for baking because it gives it more of a broccoli flavor.
- Bake in over for about 45 minutes checking it frequently.
- (to check doneness cut open largest piece to see if it is done in the middle)
- When finished baking remove chicken from pan and place on platter.
- Garnish with broccoli in the baking pan and pour left over butter sauce in the pan on top of the chicken.
- Enjoy.
chicken breasts, broccoli, mozzerella cheese, salt, butter, garlic, toothpicks
Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/0010F6 (may not work)