Spinach Stuffed Chicken

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen spinach
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup shredded cheese (any type you like)
• salt and pepper
• toothpick

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400.
• 2 cut chicken breasts “butterfly” style, so that there is a bit of skin holding the cut halves together.
• 3 set aside in a baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• 4 in a small saucepan, melt 1 tbsp butter.
• 5 saute spinach and garlic until spinach has softened.
• 6 remove from heat, and mix in shredded cheese.
• 7 stuff spinach inside the chicken, and if needed, secure with toothpicks.
• 8 sprinkle salt and pepper on top, and any spinach that wouldn’t fit inside the chicken can be laid on top of the chicken breasts.
• 9 bake in a 400 oven for 25 minutes, or until the inside of the chicken is no longer pink.