Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts
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Low Carb (Keto) Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts – A simple tantalizing baked stuffed chicken recipe with roasted red peppers, spinach, and fontina cheese!
Raise your hand if you eat chicken for dinner last least twice a week. (Me!)
Ok, now raise your hand if you get tired of making the same ol’ chicken recipes over and over again.
I bet the vast majority of you responded twice.
Even with all the recipe testing going on in our kitchen, chicken is the protein we eat most often. It’s versatile, readily available, and packed with nutrients.
Yet many times, chicken dishes can come across as bland or dry.
Well today I’m introducing a clever way to prepare chicken that will excite the whole family… Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Chicken.
This colorful eye-catching main dish is sure to turn heads. The filling is packed with chopped spinach, roasted red peppers, onions, garlic, smoked paprika, and molten cheese. The robust combination accentuates the flavor of the juicy chicken.
As you cut into each chicken breast, the hot cheesy filling oozes out, inviting you back for another bite. Best of all, Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts are super simple to make.
How To Make Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts
How do you make stuffed chicken breast with cheese? This is the easiest method I’ve found.
- Simply cut a pocket in each chicken breast.
- Mix the ingredients for the filling.
- Stuff the chicken breast with the cheese filling.
- Turn the breast upward, so the filling is on top and doesn’t leak out.
- And bake until the cheese filling turns to liquid gold!
What’s The Best Way To Stuff Chicken?
The best method for stuffing chicken, depends on the type (or cut) of chicken you buy.
If using bone-in chicken, I would suggest only stuffing fillings under the skin.
However, if you are using boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs, lay them flat on a cutting board. Then cut a pocket parallel to the cutting board, that remains connected on three sides.
Now you can either stuff the chicken and lock the fillings in, by closing the chicken with a toothpick. Or you can stuff the chicken and turn it upward, almost like a bowl, so the fillings are on top.
This second method is my favorite, because the filling is on display and the chicken can cook in a shorter amount of time.
How Do I Cook Stuffed Chicken Breast?
Although pan-frying or grilling are possible, the best way to cook stuffed chicken is to bake it. This slower method of cooking allows the filling to melt and mingle, without running out of the chicken breasts.
Bake the chicken at 350 degrees, for 20-25 minutes. This allows plenty of time for the chicken to fully cook and the fillings to heat all the way to the middle.
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Get Our Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts Recipe Below!
Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Ingredients
- 4 boneless chicken breasts (about 2 1/2 pounds total)
- 2 cups shredded fontina cheese (or gouda)
- 9 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed
- 1/3 cup chopped roasted red pepper
- 2 tablespoons shaved onion
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Lay the chicken breasts flat on the baking sheet. Starting from one side, cut a deep slit (or pocket) into each chicken breast, parallel to the baking sheet, leaving three sides intact. Try to make the cut even so the attached edges are all about 1/2-inch thick.
- Squeeze as much moisture out of the thawed spinach as possible. Then mix the spinach, shredded cheese, red peppers, shaved onion, garlic, paprika, and 1/4 teaspoon salt together in a mix bowl.
- Stuff the mixture evenly into the chicken breasts, turning them upright, so the stuffing is facing up. Drizzle each breast with olive oil and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
- Bake for 25 minutes, until the cheese is bubbly and the chicken is cooked through at the thickest point. Serve warm!
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I’ve made this twice now – once with fresh spinach and once with frozen. I highly recommend using fresh! It costs more, but it is worth it.
Also good to top with bacon crumbles.
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I have what might be a silly question but with the one glove of garlic how do you mince it? Can you use minced dried garlic instead and if so what would be the measurement of dried minced garlic to equal one glove of minced garlic? Â What type of onion is best?Â
Hi Julie,
If using a fresh garlic clove, simply smash it on a cutting board with the flat edge of a knife, then chop it into very fine pieces. If using fresh minced garlic go with approximately 1 teaspoon. If using dried minced garlic use 1/2 teaspoon. :)
This sounds yummy. And seems easy for me, a not so great cook! Â Can you use mozzarella cheese instead? Can you use fresh spinach instead of frozen?Â
Hi Debbie,
Yes, to both questions. :)
However, you may need to steam the spinach to wilt it down so you can pack it into the chicken breasts.
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This stuff chicken breast recipes is fantastic and easy to make thanks . I’m going to try the
Recipe in pork chops instead of dressing .
I made this recipe back in the summer. I gave my neighbor a plate. We both loved the taste of the chicken  breast.  I have shared this receive with other women, I don’t if they cook this meal yet.
I am making this recipe again today Sunday 10/29/19
and I am going to share it with my ex and his neighborÂ
Bon Appétit 😋
Can you use fresh spinach instead of frozen?
Hi Reann,
Yes, you can! However, you might have a bit more liquid runoff in the pan.
If I open breast completely and pound down a little and roll stuffing up inside  how long would I need to cook it so it will not dry outÂ
Hi Anita,
I haven’t tried that, so I can’t say for sure. Yet I would check it at 30 minutes. The problem is, the filling will likely leak out that way. That’s why the boat shape works so well. Hope this helps!
Yes, I made this for sunday dinner. It came out so good! I plan to make it again. I used Mozzarella and cream cheese. I had everything but fontina. It was still delicious.
This was super delicious! Everything just blends together so perfectly. My entire family enjoyed it, and we’re not the biggest veggie lovers lol. I did use mozzarella, mainly because I couldn’t find fontina cheese, and it worked out great. I also used Hungarian sweet paprika, because it was what I had on hand. Super excited to make this again, maybe we’ll wrap it in bacon too haha.
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Trying this now !! I’m so excited. I think I over stuffed my chicken!  Lol.   But I’m ok with that !!!
The short list of ingredients makes this one super easy to prepare. Delish!
This chicken looks absolutely amazing!I love the tip to flip the stuffed chicken breast up so the filling doesn’t leak out. Â
Omg my mouth is watering like crazy. This is a splendiferous meal!
love this stuffed technique, gorgeous! A creative recipe indeed, much appreciated, thank you
The video link does not work when you click on it….
Hi Annmarie,
It’s working on my end. Maybe try again?