Italian stuffed chicken breast. Italian-inspired stuffed chicken breasts are loaded with plenty of cheese and seasonings and baked with spaghetti sauce for a crowd-pleasing meal. These Italian stuffed chicken breasts are a delicious way to enjoy chicken for dinner…. again. Especially when it's a staple that you eat week in and week out.

Tomato sauce, parmesan cheese, chicken breast halves, boneless, skinless, oregano, swiss cheese, butter, bread crumbs. Mix bread crumbs, parmesan cheese and oregano. Try this Italian Stuffed Chicken Breast recipe, or contribute your own. You can have Italian stuffed chicken breast using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Italian stuffed chicken breast

Prepare 1 c of shredded Italian cheese.
You need 1 clove of garlic, minced.
It's 1 tsp of dried basil.
You need 1 tsp of dried oregano.
It's 1/2-1 cup of Italian style bread crumbs.
It's 3 of boneless skinless chicken breasts.
You need 1 of egg, beaten.
You need 2 cups of marinara sauce.
Prepare of About 10 stalks kale.
You need 1/4 of small onion, chopped.
Prepare to taste of Olive oil.
You need to taste of Salt & pepper.

Place the chicken between two pieces of wax paper and pound the chicken to flatten a little. Fold chicken over the filling and secure with a toothpick. Bone chicken breasts or purchase boned. Serve over saffron rice or buttered noodles or Italian Arborio rice.

Italian stuffed chicken breast step by step

Preheat oven to 350 degrees..
Remove kale from stems and chop into small pieces. Cook kale & onion in the olive oil until tender, adding salt and pepper to taste. Let cool..
Mix 3/4 cup of Italian cheese, basil, oregano and kale in a small bowl. Add bread crumbs to a plate. Add egg to another plate and stir in a tiny bit of water..
Cut one side of chicken breast horizontally to within one half inch of other side. Spread the two sides open like a book. Cover chicken with plastic wrap and pound to flatten. Fill each chicken breast with kale/cheese mixture and close like a book over filling. Coat the outside of each chicken breast with egg. Press both sides of each chicken breast into bread crumbs so outside is completely coated. Arrange chicken breasts in a 9x13 baking dish..
Bake in preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in center and juices run clear, about 45 mins..
Remove chicken from oven and pour marinara sauce over cooked chicken. Top with remaining 1/4 cup of cheese. Bake until sauce is bubbling and cheese is melted, about 5 more minutes..
All done! Serve with pasta and garlic bread..

Pound chicken breast (enough so they can be. continue cooking until chicken is done, turning often. Can also stuff with favorite stuffing recipe. I love chicken and I am italian but I have never tried stuffed chicken breast. I love mozzarella soo if your recipes use it that would be perfect. Trim chicken with a boning knife, if needed.