Stuffed cheesy chicken breasts. Top with one-fourth of onion mixture. Starting at narrow edge, roll each breast tightly, tucking in sides to enclose cheese and onion mixture. Cut a deep pocket into each chicken breast with a sharp knife.
Sprinkle Shake n Bake over both sides of chicken breasts. Divide mixture and stuff evenly into split chicken breasts. Place bone side down in a greased baking dish. You can cook Stuffed cheesy chicken breasts using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Stuffed cheesy chicken breasts
- It's 1 of LARGE whole chicken breast, divided into 2 pieces.
- It's 8 oz of cream cheese softened.
- It's 1/2 cup of cottage cheese.
- Prepare 1 of egg beaten.
- It's 2 cups of shredded white cheddar cheese, divided.
- Prepare to taste of Salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder, Italian seasoning.
- Prepare 1/2 jar of or can marinara sauce.
- Prepare of Paprika.
Brush the chicken with olive oil. Combine the remaining ingredients and sprinkle over top of the chicken Scoop one-quarter of the filling into each breast. Place the chicken breast on a clean surface and lightly cover in oil. Continue to stir until the mixture is fully combined.
Stuffed cheesy chicken breasts instructions
- Take one lobe of Breast and cut it in half long ways. Stand it on its cut side and using the tip of your knife, cut a slit down the length of it but not all the way through. Open it up and make a nice pocket. Do the same thing with the other lobe of chicken. You’ll end up with 4 pieces. Season pieces inside and out with salt and pepper. Set in a sprayed baking dish with half jar of marinara in the bottom. Preheat your oven to 375..
- In a bowl combine cream cheese, cottage cheese, seasonings, beaten egg and beat on high til smooth and well mixed. Stir in 1 cup of white cheddar. Distribute cheese mixture evenly among the breasts, filling each pocket. They will be very full. Sprinkle last cup of white cheddar and a little paprika over each and cover with foil. TIP: spray your foil with nonstick spray and your cheese won’t stick when you take it off..
- Bake covered for about 30 minutes. Uncover and let brown for about 10 minutes more. We hade buttered noodles and green peas with ours..
In a small bowl, combine the Greek yogurt, salt and pepper. Transfer half of the yogurt to another small bowl and mix it with the cheese. Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Lay your chicken breasts flat and spread out your hash brown mixture evenly over each breast. Fold over top half of each chicken breast, and place on baking sheet.