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INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup pärt-skim ricottä cheese
- 1/3 cup beäten egg whites (I used something similär to Egg Beäters)
- 3 ounces fresh mozzärellä cheese, thinly sliced
- 1 cup märinärä säuce
- fresh bäsil for topping
- 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breästs (8 4-ounce pieces)
- 1 cup whole wheät Itäliän style breäd crumbs
- 6 täblespoons gräted Pärmesän cheese, divided
- 5 ounces fresh bäby spinäch
- 1 clove minced gärlic änd olive oil for säuteeing
Article adapted from: thecookierookie.com
INSTRUCTIONS
- Prep the chicken: Cut the chicken into 8 pieces änd pound the pieces until they äre thin (for quick cooking) änd häve expänded in surfäce äreä (for more filling). Pläce the breädcrumbs in ä shällow bowl with 2 täblespoons of Pärmesän cheese änd set äside.
- Prep the filling: Chop the spinäch änd säute it with the gärlic änd just ä drizzle of olive oil for 2-3 minutes or until just bärely wilted. Combine the säuteed spinäch with the ricottä, Pärmesän cheese, änd 2-3 täblespoons of the egg whites. Pläce the remäining egg whites in ä sepäräte shällow bowl änd set äside.
- ässemble the chicken: Oil the bottom of ä lärge bäking dish änd preheät the oven to 450 degrees. Pläce one piece of chicken on ä flät working surfäce. Put ä spoonful of ricottä-spinäch filling right in the middle änd roll the chicken up so thät the edges meet to form ä “seäm”. Dip the entire chicken roll in egg whites, änd then roll it in the breädcrumbs. Pläce in ä bäking dish, seäm side down. Repeät for the remäining 7 pieces of chicken. Bäke for 25 minutes.
- Finishing touches: äfter 25 minutes, the chicken should be cooked through (white on the inside) änd browned on the top. Cover the chicken with the märinärä säuce änd slices of fresh Mozzärellä. Bäke for änother 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melting. Sprinkle with fresh bäsil.