Cheese-Stuffed Chicken in Phyllo

Name: Cheese-Stuffed Chicken in Phyllo
Prep time: 32 min
Cook time: 32 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 servings Melted butter or margarine; 8 skinned and boned chicken breast halves; 227 grams 1/2 package cream cheese, softened and cut up; 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten; 57 grams 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese; 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 8 servings Mixed salad greens; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 teaspoons pepper; 16 sheets 16 frozen phyllo pastry sheets, thawed; 1 teaspoon salt; 57 grams 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese; 113 grams cup shredded mozzarella cheese; 946 milliliters chopped fresh spinach; 2 Tbsps olive or vegetable oil

Cheese-Stuffed Chicken in Phyllo might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 523 calories, 36g of protein, and 30g of fat. This recipe covers 28% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up ground cumin, onion, cheddar cheese, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Place chicken between 2 sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap, and flatten to 1/8-inch thickness, using a meat mallet or rolling pin.

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Meat

Wrap

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Sprinkle evenly with salt and pepper, and set aside.

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Salt And Pepper

Saut spinach and onion in hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat 3 to 4 minutes or until onion is tender.

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Spinach

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Remove from heat, and stir in cream cheese until blended. Stir in mozzarella cheese and next 6 ingredients.

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Mozzarella

Cream Cheese

Spoon 1/4 cup spinach mixture on center of each chicken breast half, and roll up, jellyroll fashion.

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Chicken Breast

Spinach

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Unfold phyllo sheets on a lightly floured surface. Stack 2 phyllo sheets, brushing with melted butter between sheets. (Keep remaining phyllo sheets covered with plastic wrap to prevent drying out.)

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Filo Pastry

Butter

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Place 1 chicken roll on short side of phyllo stack; gently roll up, folding in long side. Repeat procedure with remaining pastry, melted butter, and chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

Roll

Place rolls in a shallow pan, and brush with melted butter.

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Butter

Roll

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Frying Pan

Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes or until done.

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