Chicken Stuffed with Goat Cheese&Garlic
Source of Recipe
Kelly Avery
List of Ingredients
- 4 oz. goat cheese, softened
- 3 T. thinly sliced fresh basil
- 1 T. minced garlic
- 4 6oz. skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 1 25.5oz. jar fat-free Italian herb pasta sauce
- 3 whole garlic cloves
- 3 C. hot cooked fettuccine (about 6oz. uncooked pasta)
Instructions
- Combine goat cheese, 2 T. basil, and minced garlic, set aside.
- Place each chicken breast half between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap, and pound each half to 1/4in thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin. Divide the cheese mixture evenly among breast halves. Rollup jelly-roll fashion. Tuck in sides; secure each roll with wooden picks.
- Brown chicken in a little olive oil.
- Heat the pasta sauce and whole garlic cloves in a large skillet over medium heat, add chicken. Cover and cook 25 minutes or until chicken is done. Serve over pasta. Garnish with 1 T. basil.
- Yields 4 servings.
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