Pecan Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Cream Cheese and Broccoli

Name: Pecan Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Cream Cheese and Broccoli
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 355 milliliters chopped fresh broccoli florets; 177 milliliters butter; 85 grams package cream cheese; 0 teaspoons dried basil; 237 milliliters dry bread crumbs; 1 egg, beaten; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 1 small onion, minced; 118 milliliters chopped pecans; 1 teaspoon chopped pimento; 8 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves; 118 milliliters sour cream; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil

Pecan Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Cream Cheese and Broccoli might be a good recipe to expand your side dish recipe box. This recipe makes 10 servings with 382 calories, 23g of protein, and 27g of fat each. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up broccoli florets, butter, garlic, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

To Make Broccoli/Cream Cheese Filling: In a medium saucepan over low heat, heat the lemon juice, butter or margarine, garlic, basil and pimento until butter or margarine has melted.

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Cream Cheese

Lemon Juice

Butter

Broccoli

Pimiento

Garlic

Basil

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Sauce Pan

Add the 1 cup pecans, broccoli and onion and cook until broccoli is tender; then add the sour cream and cream cheese and mix all together until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Sour Cream

Broccoli

Pecans

Onion

Let cool, cover and refrigerate to chill for 30 minutes.

Place 1 to 2 tablespoons of the broccoli/cream cheese filling in the center of each chicken breast, roll up, tuck in sides and fasten with toothpicks.

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Chicken Breast

Cream Cheese

Broccoli

Roll

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Toothpicks

Put the egg beat in a shallow dish or bowl, and mix the bread crumbs and 1/2 cup pecans together in another shallow dish or bowl. Dip the chicken rolls in the egg, then in the pecan mixture.

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Breadcrumbs

Whole Chicken

Pecans

Roll

Dip

Egg

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Bowl

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat and saute coated chicken rolls in skillet until well browned on both sides, about 2 to 4 minutes each side.

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Whole Chicken

Roll

Cooking Oil