Chicken Italiano

Name: Chicken Italiano
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams block fat-free cream cheese; 567 grams packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained; 118 milliliters Italian-seasoned breadcrumbs; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 0 teaspoons dried oregano; 28 grams 1/4 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese; 113 grams part-skim mozzarella cheese, cut in half; 454 grams skinned, boned chicken breast halves; 4 inches thick) slices tomato

Chicken Italiano might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 356 calories, 28g of protein, and 11g of fat. This recipe covers 37% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. If you have block cream cheese, tomato, italian-seasoned breadcrumbs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Combine spinach and cream cheese. Press spinach mixture into bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Cream Cheese

Spinach

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Baking Pan

Place breadcrumbs in a shallow dish.

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Breadcrumbs

Cut each chicken breast in half horizontally to make 2 cutlets. Dredge chicken in breadcrumbs.

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Chicken Breast

Breadcrumbs

Whole Chicken

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Spray

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add chicken; cook 2 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Arrange chicken over spinach mixture. Top with mozzarella, and sprinkle with oregano. Top with the tomato slices and Parmesan.

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Tomato Slices

Mozzarella

Parmesan

Whole Chicken

Oregano

Spinach

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Spoon one-fourth spinach mixture onto each of 4 plates; arrange 2 chicken cutlets and 2 tomato slices over spinach mixture.

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Chicken Cutlet

Tomato Slices

Spinach

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Oven

Note: Before making cutlets (see the third paragraph), partially freeze chicken for easier slicing.

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Whole Chicken