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Pepper-Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Chicken breasts stuffed with red and green pepper slices and basted with herbed butter sauce. Serve on a bed of cooked spinach and watercress with more sauce...

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Servings
4
Cuisine Type
  • american
Day Part
  • dinner
Main Ingredient
  • Poultry
  • Vegetables

Chicken breasts stuffed with red and green pepper slices and basted with herbed butter sauce. Serve on a bed of cooked spinach and watercress with more sauce spooned over the top.

Ingredients

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
3 tbsp. canola oil, divided
1 red bell pepper, julienned
1 yellow bell pepper, julienned
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
3 tbsp. butter (divided)
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tbsp. lemon zest
1 tbsp. fresh thyme
3 cup chicken stock
1 chicken bouillon cube
1⁄2 pound spinach leaves
1⁄2 pound watercress
 

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. In sauté pan over med.-low heat, warm 1 tbsp. oil. Add bell peppers; cook over med.-low heat about 5 min; cool.

2. Cut slits in underside of breasts, creating pockets; stuff with peppers. Season chicken with salt and pepper.

3. In large, ovenproof sauté pan, warm 2 tbsp. oil. Add chicken; sear 2 min. Place pan in oven; cook 8 min., then turn and cook an additional 4 min.

4. Combine stock and bouillon cube in saucepan; bring to a simmer. Add spinach and watercress; stir until wilted. Drain greens, reserving stock. Boil stock until reduced and slightly thickened, about 5 min. Whisk in 1 tbsp. butter.

5. Remove pan from oven, place over med. heat, and add remaining butter, garlic, lemon zest, and thyme. Baste chicken with butter sauce for 30 sec.; remove pan from heat.

6. To serve, top spinach and watercress with chicken. Spoon sauce over greens.
 

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