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This recipe of stuffed chicken breasts is so versatile, that it allows you to use your preferred stuffing and still end up with tasty juicy chicken breasts.
If you love grilled chicken breasts and you haven’t yet tried them stuffed, then you are missing on a super delicious meal and one of the healthy dinner ideas for the family. I am not talking here about the kind of stuffing that makes this dish tasty, but about the combination of the stuffing with the marinade of the chicken breast which creates magic. Thus, you end up with a delightful, juicy, fulfilling meal to enjoy.
Of course, among the best healthy recipes for dinner, there are many dishes of stuffed chicken breasts with a variety of recipes in different names be it chicken Kiev, cordon bleu, stuffed chicken Valentino and so on. However, this recipe of stuffed chicken breasts is so versatile, that it allows you to use your preferred stuffing and still end up with tasty juicy chicken breasts.
The secret of this recipe is the marinade of the chicken. With a collection of ingredients from olive oil, to lemon juice, chicken seasonings, barbecue sauce, and herbs, you will see magic being worked to give you juicy flavorful chicken breasts to cook and enjoy. Do not worry, although you may see my chicken breasts stuffed with feta cheese and spinach, I will include hereafter a list of stuffing variations to pick up from, so do not scroll down without reading. And now, let’s get into some basic details on how to prepare juicy stuffed chicken breasts.
Stuffed chicken breasts are cut horizontally in a way to create a pouch. The breasts are then marinated and stuffed with a few ingredients depending on your preference. In the below recipe, I am stuffing chicken with feta cheese and spinach. But there are always other variations to choose from.
For this recipe we need:
What goes inside this recipe is a blend of healthy stuff. No fats and no preservatives.
The feta can be homemade. Simultaneously, the spinach is loaded with vitamins and nutrients making this filling full of benefits.
Not to forget, that we are using lean tender chicken breasts, the healthiest part of a chicken.
There are plenty of options to stuff chicken breasts with. Here are a few variations:
Reheating chicken may not always be a good idea. Especially that sometimes you may end up with a reheated chicken smell or even taste. However, you can still reheat stuffed chicken in one of the following best ways:
I do not advise reheating the chicken in the microwave. I still feel there is no way to get away with the reheating taste.
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This recipe of stuffed chicken breasts is so versatile, that it allows you to use your preferred stuffing and still end up with tasty juicy chicken breasts.
For the chicken breasts:
For the filling:
To make sure that the chicken is well cooked, you can insert a meat thermometer in the deepest part of the chicken. It should register 75°C.
Calories: 273 kcal per serving | Serving size: 1 breast | Number of servings: 4
Total Fat 20 g | Saturated Fat 5 g | Cholesterol 28 mg | Sodium 1160 mg | Potassium 166 mg | Total Carbohydrate 13 g | Dietary Fiber 1 g | Sugars 3 g | Protein 10 g | Vitamin A: 86% | Vitamin C: 24% | Calcium: 11% | Iron: 6%
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet