Cheese & Spinach Stuffed Chicken

Recipe from cookincanuck.com

Ingredients

Filling

• ½ c. goat cheese, softened
• ¼ c. tomatoes, chopped
• 1 ½ c. fresh spinach, packed, thinly sliced
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ¼ tsp. pepper

Chicken

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (5 oz. each)
• 2 tsp. sunflower oil
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. ground pepper

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees; combine filling ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Insert a knife into the thickest part of each chicken breast and cut 2-3” pocket.
• Stuff each chicken breast with a fourth of the filling.
• Rub chicken breasts with sunflower oil; season with salt and pepper.
• Heat a large nonstick, ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat.
• Cook chicken breasts until golden brown, about 3 min. per side.
• Place skillet in the oven and bake until chicken is cooked through, 10-12 min.
• Cool for 10 min.

Serves 4.