Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mozzarella chicken rolls. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mozzarella Chicken Rolls is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Mozzarella Chicken Rolls is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mozzarella chicken rolls using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mozzarella Chicken Rolls:
- Take 2 lb thinly sliced skinless chicken breasts ( 8 4oz pieces)
- Take 1 cup italian style bread crumbs
- Take 6 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
- Take 5 oz chopped fresh baby spinach
- Make ready 8 slice chopped bacon
- Get 1 clove minced garlic
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped onion
- Make ready 2/3 cup ricotta
- Prepare 8 slice fresh mozzarella slices
- Prepare 1 jar favorite marinara sauce
- Take 1 fresh chopped basil
Steps to make Mozzarella Chicken Rolls:
- If the chicken is not already thinly sliced, prep by pounding the chicken until thin enough for quick cooking.
- Prep the filling: Chop the bacon and fry until almost crisp, add the chopped onion and saute until soft. Drain the grease and add the garlic and chopped spinach, saute for just a couple of minutes to wilt spinach.
- Combine ricotta, parmesan and spinach mixture and set aside.
- Assemble the chicken: Oil the bottom of a large baking dish and preheat oven to 450°F.
- Place 2 tbsp spinach mixture in center of chicken breast, roll up and place seam down in baking dish. Repeat for remaining pieces. Sprinkle each piece with bread crumbs.
- Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake another 5-10 minutes until crispy browned and cooked through.
- Spoon 1-2 tbsp of marinara on each breast and cover with slice of mozzarella and sprinkle with fresly chopped basil. Return to a hot oven just until marinara heated and cheese is melted.
- Note: leave a little space between breasts so each are covered with crumbs and all get good and crispyfied perfectly. :-)
- Pairs wonderfully with my Roasted Bacon Onion Veggies and Brussels Sprouts and either of my Risotto recipes. - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/361178-parmesan-risotto - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/347369-roasted-bacon-onion-veggies-brussel-sprouts - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/435083-creamy-mushroom-risotto
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