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Chicken roll-ups with silverbeet stuffing

This Nici Wickes chicken recipe is a tasty and attractive way to serve chicken breasts. It keeps them beautifully moist thanks to the silverbeet stuffing and covering them while baking

Rainbow chicken rolls

Serves 2

Cook

40M

Nici Wickes

Ingredients

2 free-range chicken breasts

6 silverbeet leaves, stalks removed (see tip)

1/4 cup fresh breadcrumbs

2 tablespoon pine nuts, toasted

zest of an orange

salt and pepper

1/2 cup chicken stock

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180ºC. Grease an ovenproof dish.

2.Cut each breast in half lengthways so that you have two thick schnitzel pieces from each breast.

3.Steam the silverbeet and drain very well.

4.Mix the breadcrumbs, pine nuts, zest and salt and pepper.

5.Flatten the chicken and lay the silverbeet then the breadcrumb mixture on each.

6.Roll up and secure with toothpicks and place snugly in a casserole dish.

7.Pour over the chicken stock and a little more zest, cover with foil and bake for about 30-40 minutes until cooked through.

8.Slice each roll on an angle and serve with a baked potato, green salad and sautéed silverbeet stalks for a simple meal.

Dice white stalks of silverbeet and sauté in butter, chopped parsley, salt and pepper or save for stocks and soups.

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