Description
This rich and hearty keto-friendly meal is perfect for those on low-carb diets. Serve it with your favorite vegetables or veggie ‘rice.’
Ingredients
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 (8 ounce) package baby portabella mushrooms, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon thyme
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- toothpicks
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Set an oven rack in the center of the oven.
- Place chicken breasts between 2 sheets of heavy plastic on a solid
- level surface. Firmly pound with the smooth side of a meat mallet to 1/2-inch thickness.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add mushrooms and cook until softened
- about 4 minutes. Add garlic and thyme and cook until mushrooms are tender and most of the liquid has evaporated
- 4 to 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Stir in cream cheese and season with salt. Cook and stir until cream cheese has completely melted. Remove from the heat.
- Spoon the mushroom-cream mixture onto chicken breasts. Wrap chicken around the mixture and secure with toothpicks. Set chicken bundles
- seam-side up
- in a baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and brush with Dijon mustard. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and return to the oven.
- Continue baking until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear
- 15 to 20 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Discard toothpicks before serving.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 4