Chicken Breast Stuffed with Spinach & Cream Cheese

Preparation Time: 10 mins

Cooking Time: 25 mins

Serves: 2

Calories per serving: 348.3

Ingredients

Chicken, Breast, Fillets – 2 x 144g each

Spinach, Babyleaf – 80g

Soft Cream Cheese – 50g

Garlic, Raw – 1 Clove/3g

Fresh Lemon Juice – 2 Tsps/10ml

Paprika – 1 Tsp/2g

Olive Oil – 3 Tsps/15ml

Creme Fraiche – 15g

Chilli Peppers, Dried, Flakes – ¼ Tsp/0.75g

Shallots, Echalion – 50g

Method

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Wash and finely slice/shred spinach. Peel and finely dice garlic and shallot.

Place the chicken breasts on a cutting board and using a sharp knife to cut a pocket into the side of each chicken breast.

Mix the soft cheese, creme fraiche, lemon juice, chilli flakes, onion, garlic in a small bowl until combined.

Spoon the spinach mixture into each chicken breast evenly and secure with wooden tooth picks or skewers. Place the two filled chicken breasts into a suitably sized baking dish.

Brush the surface of the chicken breast with the olive oil using a brush. Sprinkle with the paprika.

Bake, uncovered, for 25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Data Per Serving

Calories (kcal) 348.3

Protein (g) 41.7

Carbohydrate (g) 3.1

Fat (g) 18.7

Fruit & Veg 1.0

Fibre (g) 1.3