Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, mozzarella chicken rolls. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Baked Mozzarella Chicken Rolls: easy, delicious, and beautiful with fresh basil and a delicious tomato sauce. This meal has summer dinner written all over it. Easy, delicious, and beautiful with fresh basil and a delicious tomato sauce.
Mozzarella Chicken Rolls is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Mozzarella Chicken Rolls is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mozzarella chicken rolls using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mozzarella Chicken Rolls:
- Prepare 2 lb thinly sliced skinless chicken breasts ( 8 4oz pieces)
- Prepare 1 cup italian style bread crumbs
- Prepare 6 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
- Take 5 oz chopped fresh baby spinach
- Take 8 slice chopped bacon
- Take 1 clove minced garlic
- Get 1/2 cup chopped onion
- Get 2/3 cup ricotta
- Get 8 slice fresh mozzarella slices
- Make ready 1 jar favorite marinara sauce
- Prepare 1 fresh chopped basil
Feel free to add a little additional mozzarella on top of each chicken roll. Tired of the same old chicken day in and day out? Put a spoon of spinach and Parmesan mixture, some pieces of onion and mozzarella on top of a chicken piece. These baked mozzarella chicken rolls filled with spinach and ricotta are the kind of meal your family will request again and again.
Steps to make Mozzarella Chicken Rolls:
- If the chicken is not already thinly sliced, prep by pounding the chicken until thin enough for quick cooking.
- Prep the filling: Chop the bacon and fry until almost crisp, add the chopped onion and saute until soft. Drain the grease and add the garlic and chopped spinach, saute for just a couple of minutes to wilt spinach.
- Combine ricotta, parmesan and spinach mixture and set aside.
- Assemble the chicken: Oil the bottom of a large baking dish and preheat oven to 450°F.
- Place 2 tbsp spinach mixture in center of chicken breast, roll up and place seam down in baking dish. Repeat for remaining pieces. Sprinkle each piece with bread crumbs.
- Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake another 5-10 minutes until crispy browned and cooked through.
- Spoon 1-2 tbsp of marinara on each breast and cover with slice of mozzarella and sprinkle with fresly chopped basil. Return to a hot oven just until marinara heated and cheese is melted.
- Note: leave a little space between breasts so each are covered with crumbs and all get good and crispyfied perfectly. :-)
- Pairs wonderfully with my Roasted Bacon Onion Veggies and Brussels Sprouts and either of my Risotto recipes. - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/361178-parmesan-risotto - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/347369-roasted-bacon-onion-veggies-brussel-sprouts - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/435083-creamy-mushroom-risotto
Cut a pocket in the chicken with a sharp knife. Breaded and baked chicken oozes with a delectable mozzarella filling tinged with garlic. Place slice of cheese on breast, roll and close with toothpicks. Chicken breasts are covered in grated parmesan cheese then rolled with mozzarella and prosciutto before being baked with white wine. Smoked mozzarella and spinach are rolled into chicken breasts that are coated in bread crumbs for this main dish recipe, which is perfect for entertaining.
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