(Makes two servings, but I quadrupled it and it came out fine once I made a little extra filling.)
Ingredients:
2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 T Basil Pesto with Lemon or your favorite commercial pesto
2 T low-fat sour cream
2 T grated mozzarella cheese
(I used heaping tablespoons of pesto, sour cream and cheese)
2 eggs, beaten (or if they're large eggs one will probably be enough)
3 T finely grated Parmesan cheese
3 T almond flour (or almond meal, but almond flour is better because it's more finely ground) or your basic breadcrumbs if you don't care about the calories...
black pepper to taste
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375F/190C. Spray a
small casserole dish with non-stick spray. Trim any visible fat from
chicken breasts, then put them one at a time inside a heavy plastic bag
and pound with meat mallet until the chicken is as thin as you can get
it. Don't worry too much about the shape or whether there are some
loose pieces, you can tuck them in when you roll up the chicken.
In a small bowl mix together the basil
pesto, sour cream, and grated mozzarella. Use a rubber scraper to
spread a thin layer of this mixture over each chicken breast, stopping
about 1/2 inch from the edge of the chicken (so it doesn't run out so
much as it cooks.) Roll up the chicken breasts and secure them with a
couple of toothpicks. (I roll them so the finished piece is as thin as I
can get it so they will cook quickly.)
Prepare two bowls, one with the beaten
egg and the other with the grated Parmesan-almond flour mixture,
seasoned with black pepper to taste. Dip each chicken breast roll first
into the egg mixture and then into the Parmesan-almond flour mixture,
patting it on so the chicken breast roll is well-coated with the
mixture.
Put chicken breasts into the casserole
dish and bake until the chicken is firm and lightly browned. (Start
checking after about 25-30 minutes; total baking time will be 30-35
minutes.) Serve hot.
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