Name: Sun-dried tomato-stuffed chicken with creamed spinach
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 40 gram sun-dried tomatoes, chopped; 50 gram cream cheese spread; 1 tablespoon chopped pistachios; 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley; 2 chicken breast fillets; 1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil; steamed baby (chat) potatoes, to serve; Creamed spinach; 1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil; 2 green onions (shallots), thinly sliced; 125 gram frozen spinach, thawed; 1/4 cup cream; pinch nutmeg

Ingredients

40 gram sun-dried tomatoes, chopped

50 gram cream cheese spread

1 tablespoon chopped pistachios

1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley

2 chicken breast fillets

1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil

steamed baby (chat) potatoes, to serve

Creamed spinach

1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil

2 green onions (shallots), thinly sliced

125 gram frozen spinach, thawed

1/4 cup cream

pinch nutmeg

Method

1.Combine tomato, cream cheese, pistachio and parsley in a small bowl. Season. Cut a deep horizontal pocket in each chicken fillet. Fill each pocket with half the tomato mixture. Secure with toothpicks.

2.Heat oil in a small frying pan over moderate heat. Add stuffed chicken and cook for 5 minutes each side or until browned and cooked through. Transfer to a plate and cover with foil. Allow to rest for 5 minutes. Remove toothpicks from chicken and cut each fillet into 3 even pieces.

3.To make the creamed spinach, heat oil in cleaned pan over moderate heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until soft. Using hands, squeeze excess liquid from spinach. Add spinach to pan and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add cream and nutmeg to spinach mixture. Season. Simmer for 1 minute or until reduced slightly.

4.Divide creamed spinach among serving plates and top with stuffed chicken and potato.

Try using walnuts or pecans instead of pistachios, and 1 tablespoon basil pesto instead of sun-dried tomatoes. Fill chicken with cream cheese mixture just before cooking.
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