Feta & Spinach stuffed Chicken

The other day I was stuck at home, sick.  No husband and no kids to "help" choose a TV show. That was the only perk of the day.   I watched 10 mins of one show, 5 mins of another, 2 mins of yet another.  As wonderful as it was, I guess I am not a daytime TV lover.  I did however see the last 10 mins of Rachel Ray.  She made feta and spinach stuffed chicken.  I thought as she says - YUM-O.
It was several weeks ago that I saw the show, so this recipe was from memory.

 To start I took out chicken breasts, spinach, feta, onion and olive oil.

 I chopped my onions, seasoned with salt & pepper, sauted them in olive oil until they were perfectly soft.

 While the onions cooked, I pounded my chicken (by placing chicken in a freezer bag, it helped contain the mess)

 The spinach (which was frozen) I cooked and drained off all the water.  I added feta and my cooked onions.  Then mixed.  At this point I knew this dinner was going to be good.

 I took a chicken breast, opened it up and stuffed as much of the stuffing as I could, then I simply folded the side over.   It was messy, but since it was baked, all the goodness stayed in the pan.

 Then I melted about a tablespoon of butter and added a cup of panko bread crumbs.

 Spread the bread crumbs and cooked at 425 for 25 mins.  While the chicken cooked I made basmati rice and corn.

And the final product!   YUMMY 

I highly recommend making this for you self.   Took about 35 mins from start to finish.   


Recipe
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (or more)
1 onion - diced
1 tbsp olive oil
1 box frozen spinach - cooked and all excess water drained
1/2 cup feta cheese
1 tbsp butter
1 cup panko bread crumbs


1.  Preheat oven to 425
2.  Chop onion and saute in olive oil until onions are soft.  Then set asside
3.  While onions cook, heat up spinach and let cool.
4.  Take chicken and place in freezer bag.  Pound until thin.
5.  In a bowl, add cooked onions, broken feta cheese and drained spinach - mix well.
6.  Take chicken, place as much or as little spinach/cheese mixture as you want and place in baking dish.
7.  Repeat until all chicken is stuffed.
8.  Any left over spinach mix, place with chicken.
9.  Melt butter, add bread crumbs and mix, then place overtop chicken
10.  Bake for 25 mins


Recipe adapted from Rachel Ray