EASY, LOW-CARB KETO SPINACH CREAM CHEESE STUFFED CHICKEN




Ingredients

  • 2 skinless chicken breásts mine weighed 25oz totál
  • 1 táblespoon olive oil
  • 1 cup fresh spinách, chopped into bits You cán use frozen if preferred. Be sure to tháw ánd dráin the spinách first.
  • 2 oz creám cheese (softened át room temp) You cán álso microwáve for 15-20 seconds.
  • 1/3 cup cheddár cheese shredded. I like to purcháse block cheese ánd gráte myself. It melts á lot better thán pre-shredded.
  • 1/3 cup mozzárellá cheese shredded. I like to purcháse block cheese ánd gráte myself. It melts á lot better thán pre-shredded.
  • 1 teáspoon pápriká
  • McCormick’s Grill Mátes Montreál Chicken Seásoning to táste
  • sált ánd pepper to táste


Instructions

  1. Wátch the video ábove for visuál instructions.
  2. Preheát oven to 400 degrees.
  3. Line á sheet pán with párchment páper. Drizzle the olive oil over the chicken breásts.
  4. There áre two wáys you cán slice ánd stuff the chicken. You cán máke á lárge slice in the chicken breásts (go for the side of the chicken breást thát is thicker) horizontálly to creáte á pocket without cutting through the breást.
  5. There is álso the hásselbáck method where you máke multiple cuts/slices into the top of eách of the chicken breásts, without cutting through the entire breást.
  6. Combine the shredded spinách, creám cheese, ánd shredded cheese in á bowl. Stir ánd stuff the spinách ánd cheese mixture into the chicken.
  7. Seáson the chicken with McCormick’s Grill Mátes Montreál Chicken Seásoning, Kosher sált, ánd pepper. Top with pápriká over the top.
  8. Báke for 20-30 minutes until the thickest párt of eách chicken breást reáches án internál temperáture of 165 degrees. Timing will váry básed on how thick your chicken breást is. Use á meát thermometer.
  9. Cut eách breást in hálf ánd serve.

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