Mel's Meals - Stuffed Baked Chicken Breast

Mel! Today's meal is extremely delicious, it seems like it would be difficult, but it's actually super easy to make! I'm not sure if I ever made this one for you, but it's definitely one of my favorites! I originally discovered this combination at restaurant "Sunny's", about 3-4 years ago, but of course like any recipe, I played around with it, and made it my own!

I basically took a chicken breast, slit it in half, added sun-dried tomatoes, pesto and kalamata olives, and then topped it with goat cheese. I then close the chicken breast and add salt, pepper and a little drizzle of Olive oil. I normally like to pair it with an oil and garlic pasta, but I decided to go with rice tonight. It's also good with a fresh spring salad, or really any roasted or steamed vegetable.

Stuffed Baked Chicken Breast

Ingredients;

1 Chicken Breast

5 Kalamata Olives, chopped

1 Tbsp Sun-dried Tomatoes, roughly chopped

1 Tsp Pesto (fresh or store bought)

1 & 1/2 Tbsp Goat Cheese

Salt, Pepper

Olive Oil

Preheat oven at 350 degrees

Start by chopping up the olives & sun-dried tomatoes. Combine in a bowl with the pesto and mix all together.

Cut the chicken breast almost all the way through, creating a slit.

Add the filling to the center of the chicken. Sprinkle the goat cheese on top of the bed of olives and tomatoes.Close the chicken breast.

Add salt & pepper to the chicken breast and drizzled with Olive Oil

Bake at 350 degrees, for 25 minutes!

 

Remove from oven, and serve with your choice of side dish!

Enjoy!

Cheers!