Chicken Breasts with Spinach, Goat Cheese and Pine Nuts

Name: Chicken Breasts with Spinach, Goat Cheese and Pine Nuts
Prep time: 1 h 3 min
Cook time: 1 h 3 min
Total time: 1 h 3 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 larges bone-in, skin-on chicken breast halves, about 12 oz. each; 118 milliliters crumbled aged goat cheese; 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 79 milliliters pine nuts; 18 servings Salt and pepper; 118 milliliters tightly packed thawed frozen spinach, squeezed dry

Chicken Breasts with Spinach, Goat Cheese and Pine Nuts might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 134 calories, 12g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe serves 18. Head to the store and pick up pine nuts, tightly spinach, salt and pepper, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 3 minutes.

Instructions

Toast pine nuts in a small dry skillet over medium heat, stirring, until golden and fragrant, about 5 minutes.

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Pine Nuts

Toast

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a food processor and let cool slightly.

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Food Processor

Preheat oven to 375F.

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Oven

Add spinach, goat cheese and lemon zest to food processor and pulse with pine nuts until mixture is smooth. Scrape sides of bowl as necessary. Taste and season with salt and pepper. (Makes about 1 cup filling.)

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Salt And Pepper

Goat Cheese

Lemon Zest

Pine Nuts

Spinach

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Food Processor

Bowl

Slide your fingers under the skin of each chicken breast, loosening skin to form a pocket between the skin and meat. Stuff 2 to 3 Tbsp. filling under skin, gently pushing as much of the filling as you can into the far corners without tearing skin. (You will have about 1/3 cup extra filling; discard.)

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Chicken Breast

Meat

Mist with cooking spray a baking dish large enough to hold chicken in one layer with space between pieces.

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Whole Chicken

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Baking Pan

Place chicken filling-side up in dish and drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Whole Chicken

Bake until skin is lightly browned and chicken is cooked through (an instant-read thermometer placed in thickest part should read 160F, or cut into thickest part of a breast to check), 40 to 45 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

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