Baked Chicken Stuffed with Sun Dried Tomato and Mozzarella
Ingredients
- 4 thin sliced pieces of chicken breast
- 8 Tbsp sun dried tomato pesto {store bought or homemade- see below}
- 8 slices fresh mozzarella
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp water
- Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
- pecorino romano cheese
- 1/2 cup white wine
Instructions
- If you’d like to make a quick sun dried tomato pesto, heres how… place a couple handfuls of sun dried tomatoes into a food processor with a couple cloves of garlic, a handful of fresh parsley and fresh cracked pepper. Give it a few pulses to start to break up the ingredients. Drizzle in 1/4 cup olive oil with the machine running until the ingredients are finely chopped.
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Lay the chicken breasts flat. Top with a slice of fresh mozzarella and a couple Tbsp of the sun dried tomato pesto on each piece of chicken.
- Roll the chicken up and secure with a few toothpicks.
- In a small bowl whisk together the egg and water.
- In another bowl mix together a couple handfuls of bread crumb and about a 1/4 cup of pecorino romano. You can add fresh chopped parsley if you’d like.
- Coat each piece of chicken first in the egg mixture then in the seasoned breadcrumbs.
- Place into a baking dish with the white wine on the bottom.
- Place another slice of fresh mozzarella on each piece of chicken. Drizzle with olive oil and season with fresh cracked pepper.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until the juices run clear from the chicken. Serve the chicken with the juices poured overtop. I made some sautéed potatoes & zucchini to serve on the side.
Recipe and Photo: Foodista / CC BY