by Lindsay 33 Comments
“The best chicken I’ve had.”
That’s what the hubby said to me last night while eating this. He said “Bean, this is the best chicken I’ve had.” I said, “Ever?” He said, “Yes.”
So there you have it. It’s that good, and it couldn’t be easier. Inspired by this recipe from Tessa that I’ve been thinking about for the past few weeks, here’s what I did. I was too lazy at the time to pull up the recipe again….but it turned out just fine 🙂
I did some prep work in the afternoon, before I left for work. I grabbed a handful of fresh spinach, diced it up and put it in a bowl with a little bit of water. After 2 minutes in the microwave it looked like this:
I scooped the spinach into a paper towel and wrung out the excess water before returning it to the bowl. Then I added a few tablespoons of goat cheese, and two strips of turkey bacon, diced, that I cooked up on the griddle.
Mix it all together and set it aside. I had three chicken breasts thawed out in the fridge so I cut slits in the side (kinda difficult since they were thinner than I thought they were!) and divided the mixture between the three breasts.
I knew I was going to bake these, but I always like to pan sear chicken for a little extra flavor. Bonus this time because, after seasoning with paprika and black pepper, I just plopped them on the griddle I cooked the bacon in for a little more bacon-y flavor. I didn’t even feel bad doing this since turkey bacon makes WAY less grease than regular 🙂
I put the chicken in a greased, glass baking dish, covered it with foil and stuck it in the fridge. Then the hubby popped it in the oven for about 20 minutes at 400 degress while I was on my way home from work, along with a sweet potato I had diced up! When I got home, dinner was almost ready.
If you want to be extra fancy, slice it up so it looks pretty…but I’m not gonna lie, I only did this for you guys! Hubby got his piece whole on the plate.
So there you have it! It’s good stuff, give it a try 🙂
Goat Cheese & Spinach Stuffed Chicken
by Lindsay L
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Keywords: bake entree chicken goat cheese spinach
Ingredients (Serves 3)
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup fresh baby spinach
- 3 Tbsp goat cheese
- 2 strips turkey bacon, diced
- paprika and black pepper to taste
Instructions
1. Roughly chop the spinach and place in a small bowl with 1/4 c water. Microwave on high for one minute. Drain excess water.
2. Add the goat cheese and bacon to the bowl with the spinach and stir to combine.
3. Cut a slit in the side of each chicken breast and stuff 1/3 of the mixture inside each one.
4. Sprinkle with paprika and black pepper and sear both sides in a hot pan (Optional: cook in the same pan you cooked the bacon in for added flavor).
5. Transfer the chicken to a greased baking dish, cover with foil and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
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Finally, thanks to everyone who commented, texted, tweeted, called and facebooked me a happy birthday!! I had a wonderful day and am lucky to have such great people in my life.
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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Lindsay Livingston is a Registered Dietitian and new mom from Columbus, Ohio. On her blog, she shares simple, healthy recipes, nutrition tips, workouts and snapshots of her life. Follow her on Twitter @LeanGrnBeanBlog and Instagram @TheLeanGreenBean and be sure to subscribe via RSS or email so you never miss a post!
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WOW that looks fabulous! Hubbs would love this chicken and it looks pretty easy- bookmarked! 🙂
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Lindsay sayssuper easy!! hope he enjoys 🙂
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This looks great!
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I like how you stuffed the chicken…usually I do a “whack and roll” sort of thing, and as much fun as it is to whack chicken with a frying pan, this does look a lot easier. 🙂
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- Lindsay says
whack and roll, eh? yeah this is about as easy as it gets!
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- sarah (sarah learns) says
oh my! these look amazing. i’ve NEVER made stuffed chicken breasts before. i’m not sure why! it doesn’t look that tricky!
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- Lindsay says
girl, get on that!! looks so fancy, but so easy!
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- Susan (Oliepants) says
My husband would be singing chicken and Lindsay praises if he had this for dinner too!! 🙂
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- Lindsay says
hahaha 🙂
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Wow that looks awesome Lindsay! Stuffing anything adds another layer of flavor, and this sounds delicious!
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- Lindsay says
it’s as good as it looks 🙂
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- Nicole@HeatOvenTo350 saysSee AlsoThai Butternut Soup Recipe
This looks incredible. I can see why your husband would declare it the best ever. I love goat cheese, and I especially love meals that I can prepare and have my husband put in the oven for me. I’m bookmarking this one.
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- Lindsay says
aren’t those just the best kind of meals?!
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Um, Yum!!! This looks absolutely fantastic. I love stuffing chicken with all kinds of goodies. I can’t wait to try this one!
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- Lindsay says
woohoo!! hope it’s a hit!
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- Erica says
Nice! Josh love the stuffed chicken I made, so I am planning on trying new varieties. Spinach seems like a fun add in. Glad you had a nice birthday 🙂
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- Lindsay says
great way to sneak in extra veggies 😉
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- Kelli says
I know exactly what I’m making for dinner tonight!
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- Lindsay says
awesome! let me know how it turned out 🙂
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- Kelli says
It was A-mazing! This was the first time I’ve cooked with goat cheese and now I’m hooked. The turkey bacon played so well off of it. I can’t wait to make it again 🙂
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This looks right up my alley!
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- Lindsay says
i thought it might be!!
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- Carol says
This looks YUMMY! I’m going to make it!
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- Lindsay says
hope you guys enjoy it!
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- Lisa @ Thrive Style says
OMG—This looks amazing! My fave combo of ingredients all in one 🙂 Can’t wait to try it!
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- Lindsay says
awesome! hope it hits the spot 🙂
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- Kristy says
Happy belated birthday! This dish looks amazing, I love finding new chicken recipes! Definitely trying this one soon! Thanks for sharing!!
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- Lindsay says
thank you!! hope you like it!
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- Donna says
This looks amazing
Love the spinach wilting process, i’ll definitely have to try that soon 🙂Reply
this looks great. i might try it with another kind of cheese though because goat cheese & i don’t get along 🙂
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- German Mama says
Hi Lindsay, as you may or may not know, I was assigned your blog for this month’s SRC. I had chosen this recipe but then “out went the lights” for almost a week (freak snow storm in New England). However, I finally got around to prepare it, and HubbyGrouch and me liked it a lot. The post will be up very soon. Just wanted to let you know that you hadn’t been left out – I guess Amanda found someone to fill in for me but I wasn’t sure.
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- Lindsay says
awww, sorry to hear about your power outage! what a pain!! i’m so glad you guys like the recipe. can’t wait to read your post 🙂
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- JIM says
LOOKS AWSUM!!! I’M GONNA GRILL IT CUTTING AT TOP MABE PUT A FEW STITCHES IN TO CLOSE…. I’LL LET YA KNO HOW IT TURNS OUT!
THANKS FOR IDEA
JIMReply
