THREE CHEESE STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST RECIPES

Steps:

• Rinse chicken, pat dry.
• With your fingers, gently separate the skin from the meat along rib edge.
• For stuffing, combine cheese, basil, oregano, and lemon-pepper seasoning.
• Stuff a little less than a 1/4 cup of the stuffing between the skin and meat of each breast.
• Place chicken, skin side up in a 13x9x2 inch baking dish.
• Brush chicken lightly with oil.
• Bake in a 375° oven for 45-55 minutes or till chicken is tender and no longer pink.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a large baking dish with cooking spray.
• Combine provolone cheese, black olives, and pepper in a small bowl. Combine Parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese in another small bowl. Place beaten eggs and bread crumbs in separate shallow dishes.
• Cut a slit along the thin, long edge of each chicken breast, almost through to the other side. Open each breast and place 1/4 of the provolone cheese-olive filling in the center. Close each breast over the filling and press the edges together. Dip both sides first in beaten egg, then dredge both sides in bread crumbs.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add breaded chicken breasts and cook until browned, about 2 minutes per side.
• Pour 1/2 of the pasta sauce into the baking dish. Add chicken breasts and pour remaining pasta sauce over each breast. Cover each breast with Parmesan-mozzarella cheese mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).