Recipe: Perfect Aysha's stuffed chicken breast

Aysha's stuffed chicken breast. Chicken breasts are stuffed with blue cheese, bacon and spinach in this dramatic yet easy main dish. This is a recipe I came up with while trying to use up some leftovers from another recipe. You can add more or less pepper depending on your taste.

A quick mix of broccoli, cheddar, cream cheese and herbs leads to the most flavorful filling. But don't let the perfect pairing of broccoli and cheddar stop you from using whatever else you've got. My basil spinach stuffed chicken breast. You can cook Aysha's stuffed chicken breast using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Aysha's stuffed chicken breast

1. You need 1 lb of boneless skinless chicken breast.
2. It's 4 oz of pepper jack cheese (can use up to 6oz).
3. You need 1 cup of frozen spinach, thawed and drained (fresh cooked).
4. Prepare 2 tbsp of Olive oil.
5. You need 1 dash of sea salt.
6. Prepare 1 dash of black pepper.
7. It's 2 tbsp of cajun seasoning.
8. Prepare 1 of lots of toothpicks.

The stuffing consists of basil, spinach, walnut, garlic and olive oil. It makes the chicken breast moist, flavorful and succulent, just like using the herb butter mixture. I use olive oil since I don't handle dairy well. If you don't have any digestive problems with dairy, please feel free to use butter.

Aysha's stuffed chicken breast instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Flatten chicken to 1/4 inch thickness.
3. In a medium bowl combine the pepper jack cheese, spinach, salt and pepper.
4. Spoon about 1/4 cup of the spinach mixture onto each chicken breast. Roll each chicken breast and fasten the seams with toothpicks. (This part requires a lil bit of skill I used about 8 toothpicks in each roll to ensure none of the filling seeps out.).
5. Brush each chicken breast with the olive oil. Sprinkle the cajun seasoning evenly over all. Sprinkle any remaining spinach and cheese on top of chicken (optional).
6. Place the chicken seam side up onto a tin foil-lined baking sheet (for easy cleanup).
7. Bake for 35 to 40 mins or until chicken is cooked through.
8. Remove toothpicks before serving. Serve whole or slice into medallions.

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