Recipe: Greek Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Created by Ryan

Ingredients
2-4 Boneless Chicken Breasts (1/2 per adult)
1 Package Frozen Spinach
4 Cloves garlic - minced fine
1/2 c. Feta Cheese - crumbled
2 Tbs. Olive oil
Salt (to taste)
Pepper (to taste)
4-8 Toothpicks
1/4 c. Tzatziki sauce

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees
   
2. Defrost frozen spinach and squeeze water from spinach. Pat dry with paper towel and return to bowl.
3. Add minced garlic, crumbled feta, salt (pinch), ground pepper (pinch) and oil to spinach and mix till evenly combined.
4. Dry chicken breasts and create a "pocket" for the stuffing by making a cut along one long side of the chicken breast. Be careful to make the cut so the top and bottom are of equal thickness. Also, be careful to to cut through the other side of the chicken.
5. Stuff the spinach mixture into the "pocket" and close the pocket using toothpicks.
6. Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper
7. In a oven safe pan, heat 2 Tbs. vegetable oil (I use canola oil) over med high heat.
8. Brown the chicken in pan, one side for 2-4 minutes.
9. Once golden brown, turn chicken breasts and move pan to hot oven.
10. Bake in oven for 20-30 minutes until internal temp is 160 degrees
11. Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes.
12. Slice on a bias for a great presentation.
    
13. Drizzle with Tzatziki sauce

Goes great with Cous Cous