May 27 2010
Stuffed Chicken in Tomato Sauce
Ingredients:
- Onion – 1 Cup – Cut into small pieces
- Garlic – 1 Teaspoon – Cut into small pieces
- Milk – 1/4 Cup
- Red Chili Flakes – 1/2 Teaspoon
- Olive Oil – as needed
- Peas – 1/4 Cup
- Spinach – 1 Cup
- Parmesan Cheese – 1/4 Cup
- Bread – 2 Slices.
- Tomato Puree – 2 Cups
- Chicken Breast – 1 – cut into 4 long fillets
- Italian Seasoning – 1/2 Teaspoon
- Salt and Pepper – as required
- Basil Leaves – 1 Stem.
Method for preparing the filling for Stuffing:
- Take a heavy bottom pan and put 1 tablespoon of Olive Oil and put 1/2 cup of onion pieces, 1/2 teaspoon of garlic and saute it for couple of minutes.
- Put the spinach and peas and cook till the Spinach wilts and season it with salt and pepper and let it cool.
- Put the bread in milk and let it soak.
- Now put the bread stuff, spinach mix in one bowl and put the parmesan cheese and mix it well and keep it aside.
Method – Making Sauce:
- Take a heavy bottom pan and put 2 tablespoons of olive oil and put remaining onion and garlic and saute for couple of minutes and put the red chili flakes, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.
- Put the Tomato puree and put 1 cup of water and let it cool for 10 minutes at this point, put the Basil leaves.
Method – Stuffed Chicken:
- Pound the chicken fillets(don’t make them very thin) and put the filling and fold this like Chinese roll and secure it with tooth picks.
- Make all and keep them aside.
- Take a heavy bottom pan and put 2 tablespoons of oil and put the stuffed chicken bundles and brown for couple of minutes each side.
- Carefully transfer this into sauce pan and cook for 20 minutes on medium heat, till the sauce becomes thick.
- Before serving take the tooth picks off the chicken bundles.
- Garnish it with some basil leaves.
Server this as it is or serve it with a piece of Bread.
This is good for a date night or any other night.
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