Mediterranean Chicken
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Category
Evening Meals
Servings
1
Cook Time
20 minutes
Mediterranean Chicken is a flavourful dish featuring a butterflied chicken breast stuffed with creamy buffalo mozzarella, fresh spinach, and ripe tomato. The chicken is wrapped in tin foil and topped with a rich pesto sauce, locking in moisture and infusing the chicken with Mediterranean flavours. Baked until tender and juicy, this dish is easy to prepare and perfect for a wholesome dinner. Serve with a side of vegetables or salad for a delicious, healthy meal.
Ingredients
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2 handfuls of baby spinach
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1 chicken breast sliced in half lengthways to make a butterfly
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3 slices of buffalo Mozzarella
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3 slices of tomato
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1 tbsp green or red pesto
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 220°C. Lay each chicken breast open on its own sheet of tin foil, enough to wrap around the chicken breast eventually.
- Layer one side of the meat with the sliced mozzarella, spinach and tomato. Fold over the opposite chicken ‘flap’ so that the filling is sandwiched between the two sides of the meat.
- Smother the entire top of each chicken breast with the pesto. Wrap the tin foil around, pinching the edges to encase the breasts for even baking.
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, allow to stand for 5 minutes once removed from the oven before opening the foil to serve.
