Stuffed Chicken Breast with Palak & Mushroom

Ingredients for Stuffed Chicken Breast with Palak & Mushroom:

1. Chicken breast – 2
2. Salt, pepper powder, garlic crushed, lemon juice – As per taste
3. Butter – 1 big spoon
4. Onion – 1, finely chopped
   Garlic, finely chopped – 1 big spoon
5. Palak finely chopped – 1 cup
   Mushroom finely chopped – 1/2 cup
6. Red chillies crushed – 1 small spoon
   Salt and pepper – For taste
7. Olive oil – 1 small spoon
8. Cheese slice -2

How to prepare Stuffed Chicken Breast with Palak & Mushroom?

1. Make a deep cut in the middle portion of the chicken breast to insert filling.
2. Marinate the chicken using ingredients no: 2 and keep in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
3. Preheat the oven to 400 degree Fahrenheit.
4. Heat oil in a pan and sauté ingredients no: 4.
5. Add ingredients no: 5 and sauté ingredients no: 5.
6. When the contents are well-cooked, sauté ingredients no: 6 along with it.
7. When it’s done, take it off the flame.
8. Heat a little olive oil in a pan and fry the chicken breast till it turns brown.
9. Flip both sides to fry the chicken, and its surface turns brown.
10. Fill the chicken with above prepared mixture and also put a cheese slice on each.
11. Transfer the chicken pieces to a baking tray and place them inside the pre-heated oven.
12. Bake for the next 30 minutes.
13. Serve with sauces and cooked vegetables.

To prepare the sauce:

In the remaining oil used to fry the pan, sauté a little shallots and garlic, and add a little brandy. Add mustard and chicken stock, and finally salt, cream, and pepper powder to prepare the sauce.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine 2013 October 1-14

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