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Cheese Stuffed Chicken Recipe
Serves: 6
Keywords: Chicken, recipe, recipes, Cheese Stuffed Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
2
Whole chicken breasts (about 3 lbs. )
1
Beaten egg
1
c
Ricotta cheese
1
c
Grated or shredded fontina or Port du Salut cheese (about 4 oz)
¼
c
Finely chopped walnuts
1
tb
Snipped parsley
¼
ts
Ground nutmeg
0.12
ts
Pepper
2
tb
Butter or margarine, melted
Paprika
1/3
c
Chicken broth
1/3
c
Apricot nectar
2
ts
Cornstarch
6
Whole dried apricots
Directions
- Rinse and pat chicken breasts dry with paper towels.
- Bone breasts without removing skin.
- Halve breasts carefully.
- For filling, combine egg, cheeses, walnuts, parsley, nutmeg and pepper.
- Separate skin from flesh of each breast, leaving 1 side attached.
- Spoon stuffing between skin and flesh of each breast.
- Tuck skin edges under; secure with wooden picks.
- Place breasts, skin side up, in a shallow microwave safe baking dish; brush with melted butter and sprinkle generously with paprika.
- Micro-cook, covered, on 100% power (HIGH) for 15 to 18 minutes or until chicken is done, giving dish one half turn after 8 minutes.
- Remove from oven; cover with foil.
- In 2 cup microwave safe measure cup, combine chicken broth, apricot nectar and cornstarch.
- Cook, uncovered, for 3 to 4 minutes or until thickened and bubbly throughout, stirring 3 times.
- Place breasts on serving platter.
- Garnish each with a whole dried apricot; spoon sauce over chicken.
- Makes 6 servings.