Description
Serve these Greek stuffed chicken breasts with your favorite vegetable side or salad.
Ingredients
- 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- ⅓ cup finely chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- ⅓ cup chopped cooked spinach
- ⅓ cup crumbled feta cheese
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped Kalamata olives
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour, or as needed
- toothpicks
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Zest lemon. Remove lemon pith with a sharp knife and slice flesh horizontally. Reserve slices.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in an oven-safe
- nonstick skillet over medium heat until it shimmers
- 2 to 3 minutes. Add onion and cook until translucent
- 3 to 5 minutes. Add lemon zest and garlic and heat until fragrant
- about 1 minute.
- Add spinach to the onion mixture. Cook and stir until heated through
- about 3 minutes. Remove spinach-onion mixture to a bowl. Wipe skillet clean and set aside. Stir feta cheese and olives into the spinach mixture. Season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Cut a 2-inch slit along the edges of the thick side of each chicken breast. Cut lengthwise
- being careful not to cut through the bottom or the opposite edge
- creating a pocket. Season the pocket with salt and pepper.
- Stuff each chicken breast with 1/2 of the onion and spinach mixture and close the slits with toothpicks. Dust chicken lightly with flour
- salt
- and pepper.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in the same skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering
- about 2 minutes. Place chicken in the hot oil with the rib side facing up. Cook until browned
- 3 to 5 minutes per side. Turn chicken rib-side down and place lemon slices on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers 165 degrees F (74 degrees C)
- about 35 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 2