Goat cheese stuffed chicken with spinach and cranberries

Name: Goat cheese stuffed chicken with spinach and cranberries
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 serving
Ingredients: 2 tablespoon pine nuts; 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil; 1 clove garlic; 1 cup baby spinach; 2 chicken breasts; 2 tablespoon goat cheese; 2 tablespoon dried cranberries

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Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings
2
Calories
507 kcal
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
American

Goat cheese stuffed chicken with spinach and cranberries

Sasha Velasquez

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Comforting, flavorful and great both for a fancy meal or an everyday dinner.

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Ingredients

Servings

2 tablespoon pine nuts
1 ½ tablespoon olive oil divided
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1 cup baby spinach 30g, roughly chopped
2 chicken breasts approx 1lb/450g
2 tablespoon goat cheese
2 tablespoon dried cranberries I used Stoneridge

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Instructions

Toast the pine nuts in a dry small-medium skillet/frying pan that is big enough to fit both the chicken breasts and that can go in the oven over a medium heat. Watch them closely as they can quickly burn. Once gently brown, tip out and set aside.
Put the skillet back on the heat and add ½ tablespoon oil. Add the garlic and cook a minute so that it cooks a little but doesn't burn, then add the chopped spinach. Cook for a minute, turning so that it all wilts down. Remove from the skillet and set aside to cool.
Preheat the oven to 400F/200C.
As the spinach is cooling, make a small cut into the side of each chicken breast and then use the knife to open it up inside while keeping the opening small. Try not to cut through the chicken on any other side - you're just creating a pocket.
Add the goat cheese, dried cranberries and the toasted pine nuts to the cooled spinach and mix so everything is mixed through then fill the chicken breasts with the mixture. Press together the opening to close it up as best you can (it will open in cooking, but this saves too much filling escaping).
Warm the rest of the oil in the skillet over a medium heat and cook the chicken for around 3 minutes on each side to gently brown it. Transfer the skillet to the oven and cook for around 10 minutes until it is cooked through.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 507kcal (25%) Carbohydrates 14g (5%) Protein 52g (104%) Fat 26g (40%) Saturated Fat 5g (25%) Cholesterol 151mg (50%) Sodium 327mg (14%) Potassium 982mg (28%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 10g (20%) Vitamin A 1620IU (32%) Vitamin C 7.4mg (8%) Calcium 46mg (5%) Iron 2.1mg (12%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 2Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 507 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories	507kcal	25%
Carbohydrates	14g	5%
Protein	52g	104%
Fat	26g	40%
Saturated Fat	5g	25%
Cholesterol	151mg	50%
Sodium	327mg	14%
Potassium	982mg	21%
Fiber	1g	4%
Sugar	10g	20%
Vitamin A	1620IU	32%
Vitamin C	7.4mg	8%
Calcium	46mg	5%
Iron	2.1mg	12%