Stuffed chicken with lemon, capers & chilli

Stuffed chicken with lemon, capers & chilli

Stuff chicken breasts with cream cheese, lemon and capers and serve on a bed of garlicky tomato sauce

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cut a slit in the side of each chicken breast, then use your finger to make a pocket. In a small bowl, mix together the ricotta, half the lemon zest, Parmesan, capers, chilli flakes and some seasoning. Push the mixture into the pockets, then secure each opening with a toothpick.
  2. Put the chicken in an ovenproof dish, drizzle over 1 tbsp of the oil and season. Bake for 15-20 mins until cooked through.
  3. Meanwhile, make the sauce. Heat the remaining oil in a saucepan, add the garlic and cook for 2 mins until golden. Add the tomatoes, season and simmer for 10 mins more until thickened. Spoon onto 2 plates, top with the chicken and scatter over the parsley and remaining zest. Serve with potatoes, if you like.

PER SERVING

500 kcalories, protein 42g, carbohydrate 7g, fat 33 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 3g, sugar 6g, salt 1 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2012.

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  • 23 October 2012

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I couldn't get skin-on chicken breasts so used skinless. It didn't work very well - took ages to cook and the outside looked dry and unappealing.

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  • 25 October 2012

    whats4t commented on this recipe

    Well Frantic Flapjack the recipe did say skin on, skinless would dry out uncovered in the oven for that long.

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  • 25 October 2012

    shaz commented on this recipe

    By covering the skinless chicken with breadcrumb it will stay nice and moist, or even a rasher wrapped around it would prevent drying out and add a lovely flavour.

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  • 25 October 2012

    Tidy commented on this recipe

    Just had this for dinner and it was bloomin' lovely! Could only get skinless breasts in the supermarket, so popped them in a tin foil parcel in the oven and they were lovely and moist! Will definitely be making this quick and easy meal again!

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  • 03 January 2013

    blueboy commented on this recipe

    Made this for tea, used skinless chicken but covered with foil, made a tomatoe pasta sauce and this was delicous.

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  • 04 January 2013

    Marmelstene commented on this recipe

    What I'm gonna do is leave off the capers & chili flakes first. Then use chichen with skin on after first browning in a hot,oiled skillet.Will use panko bread crumbs & foil,then use baby spinach under a smaller amt. of tomato sauce,more spinach with parsley & thyme-then plate the stuffed chichen. Mashed pots. with cheese & bacon should do nicely. Will let u know!

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  • 18 January 2013

    DrMukti rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    This was awful. Ended up throwing away two perfectly good chicken breasts and ordering pizza. Not impressed at all.

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  • 24 March 2013

    Ian Scott rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 24 March 2013

    Ian Scott commented on this recipe

    Very nice, but I think the sauce needs to be reduced down more

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Freezable

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PER SERVING

500 kcalories, protein 42g, carbohydrate 7g, fat 33 g, saturated fat 11g, fibre 3g, sugar 6g, salt 1 g

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