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curious1

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I had copied it from the old swap. So delicious! I made a couple of minor changes, I had fresh savoy spinach and added a little sauteed onion and garlic to the spinach/cheese mix. I used the oven finishing method, chicken was so tender. When I realized there was so much delicious sauce I decided to serve it with noodles. Beets and a green salad with strawberries, oranges and sugared almonds finished the meal. Yummy...will make it again. Lighter and tastier than the feta/spinach stuffed breast recipe I've always made before.

A tip for anyone starting with the frozen chicken breasts such as Tyson's...cut the pocket before they completely thaw, much easier to control that way.

Recipe from LisainLA

Greek-Style Stuffed Chicken Breasts

My friend served this to us for dinner -

awesome! The filling would be great with

fish, too.

Greek-Style Stuffed Chicken Breasts

1 10 oz package frozen spinach, thawed and

drained well

1/4 lb feta, crumbled

3 Tbs romano cheese, grated

S & P

6 boneless chicken breasts

2 Tbs olive oil

2 Tbs butter

3 Tbs flour

juice of 1 lemon

1 cup chicken broth

1 cup white wine

1 Tbs oregano

Mix the thawed and drained spinach with the

two cheeses, salt and pepper. Make a slit

in the side of each chicken breast, fill

with the spinach mixture, and close with

toothpicks. Heat the oil and butter in a

large skillet, brown the chicken breasts on

both sides and remove to a warm platter.

Sprinkle the flour into the same pan, mix

with the remaining oil to make a roux, cook

for about 1 minute. Slowly, add the wine

and chicken broth and stir until a smooth

sauce has formed. Add the lemon juice and

oregano, and more salt and pepper to

taste. Bring to a boil and return the

chicken to the pan. Cover the pan a reduce

the heat to a simmer. Simmer for 30

minutes until the chicken is very tender.

Alternatively, you can finish the chicken

in the oven - I would say 325 for about 25

minutes.

This is nice with orzo and a salad.

 
Lisa, Curious, Val - that is one of the BEST sauces I have ever tasted...

it reminded me of chicken piccata, but better! Thanks, it's great.

Incidentally I tweaked it a little myself, too. Instead of slitting the chicken breasts, I pounded them flat and rolled the mixture up inside of them. Then I made the sauce separately and just poured it over the chicken and simmered, covered, for about 25 minutes.

'Served it on a bed of couscous.

 
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