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chicken breasts stuffed with sun dried tomatoes feta
by Joan
Chicken
Ingredients
•1 Tablespoon olive oil
•1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
•1 1/2 tsp minced garlic
•1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives, cut into thin strips
•1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted lightly
•1/2 cup drained, oil packed sun dried tomatoes
• rinse, patted dry, cut into thin strips
•1/4 lb Feta cheese, crumbled (1 cup)
•2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
•1 Tablespoon fresh marjoram or 1 tsp dried
• salt and pepper to taste
•2 whole boneless chicken breast with skin, halved
•1 Tablespoon olive oil
Steps
1.Oven 350F
2. In large ovenproof skillet cook onion in oil over moderate heat until
softened. add garlic and cook 1 minute. Transfer to bowl and let cool.
Stir in rest of stuffing ingredients and season to taste with salt and
pepper.
3. Cut a lenthwise pocket in thicker end of chicken breast half. Make it
as wide as possible with out puncturing sides (like stuffing a pillow).
Fill each breast half with 1/4 of the dressing.
4. Heat 1 T oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and
brown chicken skin side down. leaving skin sides down, transfer skillet to
oven and bake until cooked through, about 12 minutes.
