Monday, February 23, 2015

Grilled Stuffed Chicken Italiano



Ingredients per serving
  • chicken breast
  • red bell pepper cut into strips
  • baby spinach leaves
  • String Cheese
  • Zesty Italian dressing for basting

There are three ways to prepare this meal! hard medium and easy!
-- Hardest --
  1. Preheat indoor or outdoor grill to med-high.
  2. Butterfly the chicken breasts*
  3. Place about 5 baby spinach leaves in middle, slightly to one side.
  4. Put roasted red pepper, and Weight Watchers String Cheese on top of spinach.
  5. Roll like a cigar, and put 1-2 toothpicks on ends to hold together well.
  6. Grill for 5 minutes, turn and grill 5 more minutes. Check for doneness and turn again if needed, until cooked through (10-15 minutes depending on you grill and thickness of chicken).
  7. Serve as is or slice to ensure chicken is fully cooked Through.

--Medium--
1. Butterfly your chicken breast open
2. Cook it about 80% of the way through in a pan covered in zesty Italian dressing.
3. Lay some spinach leaves on top of the chicken breast
4. then peel string cheese (about 10 pieces) and lay it over top of the spinach.
5. Lay red peppers down on top of the cheese
6. cover with a lid and turn heat to low
7. Let The vegetables steam, cheese melt and the Chicken cook through for about 5 minutes.
8. Enjoy!

Tip: I'll lay a few more cheese strips over the red peppers in the opposite direction so when it melts it kind of holds the bell peppers on top of the chicken.

-- Easy --
1. Cut your chicken breast into small bite-size chunks
2. Cook in a skillet with zesty Italian dressing
3. Add chopped up spinach, chopped up red peppers, and chopped up string cheese.
4. Cover with a lid and let the cheese melts and the veggies steam up for about five minutes
5. Enjoy!  

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