Quinoa, feta, and spinach-stuffed chicken breasts
Ingredients:
•1/2
cup quinoa
•1 teaspoon kosher salt
•1/2 cup thawed, drained frozen spinach
•2 bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts
•1/2 cup fragmented feta cheese
•Canola or oil
•1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Yield: four Servings
•1 teaspoon kosher salt
•1/2 cup thawed, drained frozen spinach
•2 bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts
•1/2 cup fragmented feta cheese
•Canola or oil
•1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Yield: four Servings
Directions:
•Bring 3/4 cup of water to a boil. Rinse the
quinoa in a very fine mesh filter and raise the boiling water. scale
back the warmth to
medium-low and simmer for quarter-hour or till the quinoa has absorbed all the water
and is downy. take away from the warmth and transfer the quinoa to a
bowl, setting aside till it's cool enough to handle.
•Stir the quinoa, spinach, feta cheese, black pepper, and salt along.
•Gently slip your hand between the meat and also the skin of the malformation to create a pocket, then munificently every pocket with 0.5 the quinoa filling. There ought to be concerning AN inch-high mound of filling in every breast.
•Preheat the kitchen appliance to 375.
•Heat concerning a pair of tablespoons of oil in a very massive oven-safe frying pan or sauté pan over medium-high heat till shimmering. rigorously add the stuffed chicken breasts, stuffed aspect down, to the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes to brown the skin.
•Flip the breasts over and transfer the pan to the kitchen appliance. Bake for about forty minutes or till a measuring device inserted into the thickest a part of the breast meat registers one hundred seventy.
•Rest the breasts for five minutes to distribute the chicken’s tasty juices before slicing and serving.
•Stir the quinoa, spinach, feta cheese, black pepper, and salt along.
•Gently slip your hand between the meat and also the skin of the malformation to create a pocket, then munificently every pocket with 0.5 the quinoa filling. There ought to be concerning AN inch-high mound of filling in every breast.
•Preheat the kitchen appliance to 375.
•Heat concerning a pair of tablespoons of oil in a very massive oven-safe frying pan or sauté pan over medium-high heat till shimmering. rigorously add the stuffed chicken breasts, stuffed aspect down, to the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes to brown the skin.
•Flip the breasts over and transfer the pan to the kitchen appliance. Bake for about forty minutes or till a measuring device inserted into the thickest a part of the breast meat registers one hundred seventy.
•Rest the breasts for five minutes to distribute the chicken’s tasty juices before slicing and serving.
