Stuffed Chicken Breast with Herbed Butter
Recipe:
Stuffed Chicken Breast
Ingredients:
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- ½ cup grated mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup chopped bell peppers (or any of your favorite vegetables)
- 1 tbsp fresh basil & parsley chopped
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Knorr Aromat seasoning, to taste
- 2 large basil leaves or thin cabbage leaf cut into two pieces
- 1tbsp olive oil
Method:
- Preheat oven at 220’C or 425’F.
- With a sharp knife, make pockets in chicken breast, piercing from the thickest end and moving the knife inside till the edges. Keep the edges intact so that chicken breast becomes a pocket with opening at the thickest end.
- Mix chopped bell peppers / your favorite vegetables with grated mozzarella and chopped fresh herbs. Season with salt & pepper.
- Stuff the above mixture in chicken breasts.
- In the open end of the chicken breast pocket, insert the basil or cabbage leaf in such a manner that pocket is closed
- Season the chicken with freshly ground black pepper & Knorr Aromat seasoning.
- Lightly heat olive oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry chicken breasts each side for 1 to 2 mins till beautifully golden.
- Transfer chicken breasts to a greased baking dish and bake for 20 mins or until cooked through.
- Take the baking dish out and let the chicken sit for 5 minutes so that juices inside are distributed evenly.
- In the serving platter, cut at angle, the baked chicken breasts into thick slices. Drizzle over with herbed butter and serve with mashed potatoes & veges.
Herbed butter
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp solid salted butter
- 1tbsp fresh available chopped herbs (parsley, basil, chives, tarragon)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- Ground black pepper, optional
Method:
- Mince & mix all the above ingredients in a mortar with pestle.
- Transfer the mixture to heated frying pan and stir quickly till butter is melted.
- Drizzle the butter sauce over stuffed chicken breast pieces, mashed potatoes and vegetables.
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