Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Chicken Parmesan Bundles

Jeremy and I made this delicious meal together on Sunday. It was amazing!
The recipe is from http://www.kraftfoods.com/.
Ingredients:
4 oz. cream cheese (I used the low fat kind)
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained
1 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
6 Tbsp. Parmesan Cheese
1 1/2 lb. of boneless skinless chicken breast, pounded to a 1/4 inch thickness
(we used 4 large chicken breast and cut them in half to form 8 chicken bundles)
1 egg
10 Ritz crackers, crushed
1 1/2 cups prepared spaghetti sauce, heated
Directions:

HEAT oven to 375ºF. Mix cream cheese, spinach, 1 cup mozzarella and 3 Tbsp. Parmesan until well blended; spread onto chicken breasts. Starting at one short end of each breast, roll up chicken tightly. Secure with wooden toothpicks, if desired. Set aside.

BEAT egg in shallow dish. Mix remaining Parmesan and cracker crumbs in separate shallow dish. Dip chicken bundles in egg, then roll in crumb mixture. Place, seam-sides down, in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.

BAKE 30 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF). Remove and discard toothpicks, if using. Serve topped with spaghetti sauce and remaining mozzarella. (We served it over angel hair pasta).
We LOVED it! It tasted "restaurant" quality to us. It was time consuming to make though... although once we got the hang of it - it went much more quickly - so probably next time it won't take as long.