This dish will quickly work its way into your weekly rotation for dinner! In this foolproof recipe for Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken Breast, chicken is quickly marinated in lemon juice and oregano and then stuffed with spinach and feta before cooking. Serve with roasted vegetables or a salad for a healthy and delicious dinner.
Marinade
Quickly marinating the chicken ensures a no-fail way to have moist chicken. Because the marinade has a lemon juice, it only needs to sit for about 15 minutes, or up to one hour. Lemon juice is acidic, so you don’t want to leave the chicken in the marinade much longer as it starts to “cook” the chicken.
Spinach and Feta Filling
To make the filling, we sauté fresh spinach for about 5 minutes, until completely softened. This will also evaporate some of the water in spinach so the filling is not liquidly.
Frozen spinach can used be as a substituted for fresh. To use frozen spinach, thaw out frozen chopped spinach and squeeze out the excess water using a clean dish cloth. Then, simply mix the spinach with the Laughing Cow cheese, feta, salt and pepper. Since the spinach is already cooked you do not need to sauté the frozen spinach. If you are using a 10 OZ box, you will only need about half for this recipe.
How to Stuff Chicken Breasts
I have listed some tips below on how to successfully stuff chicken breasts.
- Carefully cut a deep pocket lengthwise into each chicken breast, using a sharp knife. Do not cut all the way through to the other side of the chicken.
- Firmly pack the filling into the pocket.
- Take care when adding the chicken to the sauté pan to not press out the filling.
- If the filling does come out of the chicken when cooking, simply push it back in!
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Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Marinade
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano Thyme can be substituted.
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Filling
- 1 tsp oil
- 6 oz bag of spinach, chopped
- 2 wedges laughing cow cheese I use the Light version
- 1/4 cup feta, crumbled
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Using a sharp knife, carefully cut a deep pocket lengthwise into each chicken breast without cutting all the way through to the other side.
- In a medium bowl, mix all ingredients for the marinade: 2 tablespoon olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp pepper. Add the chicken and stir to coat. Cover and let site in the fridge for at least 15 minutes and up to one hour.
- Heat 1 tsp oil in a sauté pan, over medium heat. Add spinach and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often, until the spinach is softened. Turn off heat, add both cheeses and a pinch each of salt and pepper.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Remove chicken from marinade and divide spinach mixture into each chicken breast, stuffing deep into each pocket.
- In an oven safe sauté pan, over medium heat, heat 1 tablespoon of oil. Add chicken breasts and sear for 5 minutes, until chicken is golden brown. Carefully flip chicken breasts, without pushing out filling, and cook another 3 minutes on the other side.
- Turn off heat and transfer to the the oven. If you do not have an oven safe pan, you can transfer the chicken to an oiled baking sheet before putting in the oven.
- Bake chicken for 10-20 minutes or until thermometer reads 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooking time will de dependent on the size of your chicken breast. My chicken was smaller and only cooked for about 10 minutes.
That honestly looks sodelicious! I love spinach! 🙂
this looks delicious and yummy.
anything made of chicken is pure treat to the sole in my opinion.
thank you very much for sharing this awesome recipe.