Chicken Breasts with Creamy Vegetable Topping

Name: Chicken Breasts with Creamy Vegetable Topping
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 carrot, grated; 4 bone-in chicken breasts (about 2 1/4 pounds in all), skinless; 1 Tbsp cooking oil; 227 grams cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 1 red bell pepper, chopped; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 scallions including green tops, chopped

Chicken Breasts with Creamy Vegetable Topping might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 372 calories, 28g of protein, and 26g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of carrot, chicken breasts, bell pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the cooking oil you could follow this main course with the Raw blueberry cheesecake with crumb topping as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 42

Equipment you will use

Oven

In a medium frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat.

Ingredients you will need

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Add the bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to soften, about 3 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Bell Pepper

Add the scallions and carrot and cook 2 minutes longer.

Ingredients you will need

Green Onions

Carrot

Mix the vegetables with the cream cheese, 3/4 teaspoon of the salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of the black pepper.

Ingredients you will need

Black Pepper

Cream Cheese

Vegetable

Salt

Sprinkle the chicken breasts with the remaining 1/4 teaspoons of salt and pepper.

Ingredients you will need

Chicken Breast

Salt And Pepper

Put the breasts in a roasting pan and spread them with the vegetable cream cheese.

Ingredients you will need

Cream Cheese

Vegetable

Spread

Equipment you will use

Roasting Pan

Bake the chicken until just done, 20 to 25 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Whole Chicken

Equipment you will use

Oven

Menu Suggestions: The rich topping on the chicken leaves one wanting a simply prepared vegetable, such as steamed broccoli, asparagus, or green beans.

Ingredients you will need

Green Beans

Asparagus

Vegetable

Broccoli

Whole Chicken

Variation: Chicken Breasts with Boursin-Cheese Sauce: Substitute a 5 1/2-ounce package of plain or garlic-and-herb-flavored Boursin cheese for the cream cheese.

Ingredients you will need

Chicken Breast

Cream Cheese

Cheese Sauce

Garlic

Wine Recommendation: A crisp and fruity white will cut through the rich cheese and pair well with the acidity of the bell pepper and scallion. A kabinett riesling from the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region of Germany or, if you can find it, a riesling from the Finger Lakes in New York is a good possibility.

Ingredients you will need

Bell Pepper

Riesling