Recipe: Tasty Mediterranean stuffed chicken breasts

Mediterranean stuffed chicken breasts. This versatile stuffed chicken breast dish is easy enough for a weeknight supper but elegant enough for company. Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Cindy Barr. Feta cheese, roasted peppers, spinach and more flavors from the Mediterranean fill these easy stuffed chicken breasts.

Pierce chicken with fork several times and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Boneless breasts of chicken stuffed with a Mediterranean cheese stuffing. I added minced garlic and a little fresh squeezed lemon juice to the stuffing mix. You can cook Mediterranean stuffed chicken breasts using 11 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Mediterranean stuffed chicken breasts

1. You need of chicken breasts.
2. You need of white mushrooms finely diced.
3. It's of sun dried tomatoes in oil finely diced.
4. You need of black olives finely diced.
5. It's of dry oregano.
6. Prepare of garlic powder.
7. Prepare of fresh ground black pepper.
8. Prepare of fresh basil leafs.
9. Prepare of goat cheese (I've used spreadable type, black pepper seasonned).
10. You need of extra virgin olive oil.
11. You need of balsamic vinegar.

I topped the breast pieces with lemon pepper instead of just plain salt and pepper. These stuffed chicken breasts may seem complicated, but in reality, couldn't be simpler. Serve with cauliflower rice or your favorite vegetable. Fill each with the olive mixture.

Mediterranean stuffed chicken breasts step by step

1. Preheat oven at 400°..
2. In a bowl, mix mushrooms with sun dried tomatoes, black olives, garlic powder and oregano, reserve..
3. In an other bowl, mix olive oil and balsamic vinegar, reserve..
4. Cut chicken breasts length wise to make pocket, reserve..
5. Spread goat cheese inside each chicken breast, on both sides..
6. Cover inside of chicken breasts with fresh basil leafs, as needed..
7. Fill in pocket with mushroom mix..
8. Close pocket with toothpicks..
9. Brush top and bottom of chicken breasts with oil and vinegar mix..
10. Put on baking sheet covered with parchemin paper and cook in preheated oven for 20 minutes..
11. Broil for couple of minutes..
12. Serve with side salad and hot bread or any sidedish you want..
13. Enjoy!.
14. 😁.

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